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Calypso, Masquerade Performance and Post National Identities

Harewood, Susan J.

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Title
Calypso, Masquerade Performance and Post National Identities
Author(s)
Harewood, Susan J.
Issue Date
2006
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
McCarthy, Cameron
Department of Study
Communications
Discipline
Communications
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Caribbean Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
"In this project I assert that masquerade offers an historical, critical, and theoretical means of paying attention to the competing narratives articulated in the broad range of communication practices. I offer masquerade analysis as a methodological approach which seeks to achieve the goal of a multiperspectival Cultural Studies. Three cases are at the core of this study: Anthony ""The Mighty Gabby"" Carter, Alison Hinds, and Ricardo ""Lil' Rick"" Reid. By analyzing these Calypso/Soca artists performances utilizing the methodological resonances of the metaphor of masquerade, this study explores the constitution of gendered, classed, raced and sexualized national identities."
Graduation Semester
2006
Type of Resource
text
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