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The jumbies' playing ground : old world influence on Afro-Creole masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean / Robert Wyndham Nicholls.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholls, Robert (Robert Wyndham)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Moko Jumbies--Caribbean Area.
- Moko Jumbies.
- Stilt-walkers--Caribbean Area.
- Stilt-walkers.
- Carnival--Caribbean Area.
- Carnival.
- Caribbean Area--Social life and customs.
- Caribbean Area.
- Manners and customs.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 293 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2012]
- Contents:
- 1 Masquerade Derivation, Costumes, and Behavior 7
- 2 Aesthetics of Masquerading 46
- 3 Masquerading in the Eastern Carribbean 77
- 4 Specific Masquerade Types 106
- 5 Masquerade Prototypes in West Africa 145
- 6 Masquerade Prototypes in Western Europe 177
- 7 Old World-New World Comparisons 209.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781617036118
- 1617036110
- 9781617036125
- 1617036129
- OCLC:
- 793219726
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