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Chanting down the new Jerusalem : calypso, Christianity, and capitalism in the Caribbean / Francio Guadeloupe.
Penn Museum Library GN564.S26 G83 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guadeloupe, Francio, 1971-
- Series:
- Anthropology of Christianity ; 4.
- The anthropology of Christianity ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Saint Martin (West Indies).
- Ethnology.
- Ethnicity--Saint Martin (West Indies).
- Ethnicity.
- Anthropology of religion--Saint Martin (West Indies).
- Anthropology of religion.
- Religion and culture--Saint Martin (West Indies).
- Religion and culture.
- Disc jockeys--Social aspects--Saint Martin (West Indies).
- Disc jockeys.
- Social aspects.
- Music--Social aspects--Saint Martin (West Indies).
- Music.
- Music--Social aspects.
- Saint Martin (West Indies)--Ethnic relations.
- Saint Martin (West Indies).
- Saint Martin (West Indies)--Race relations.
- Saint Martin (West Indies)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- In this vibrant ethnography, Francio Guadeloupe probes the ethos and attitude created by radio disc jockeys on the binational Caribbean island of Saint Martin and Sint Maarten. Examining the intersection of calypso music, Christianity, and capitalism, Guadeloupe shows how a multiethnic and multireligious island nation, where livelihoods depend on tourism, has managed to encourage all social classes to transcend their ethnic and religious differences. In his pathbreaking analysis, Guadeloupe highlights the important influence of the island's DJs, whose formulations of Christian faith, musical creativity, and capitalist survival express ordinary people's hopes and fears and promote tolerance.
- Contents:
- So many men, so many histories : the history that matters to the islanders
- Performing identities on Saint Martin and Sint Maarten
- Christianity as a metalanguage of inclusiveness
- Clarke's two vitamin Cs for successful living
- DJ Shadow's prescription for Rastafari individuality
- The hip-hop- and Christian-inspired metaphysics of DJ Cimmaron.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520254886
- 0520254880
- 9780520254893
- 0520254899
- OCLC:
- 225871996
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