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Chanting down the new Jerusalem : calypso, Christianity, and capitalism in the Caribbean / Francio Guadeloupe.
De Gruyter University of California Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guadeloupe, Francio, 1971-
- Series:
- The Anthropology of Christianity
- 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.
- Music--Social aspects--Saint Martin (West Indies).
- Music.
- Saint Martin (West Indies)--Ethnic relations.
- Saint Martin (West Indies).
- Saint Martin (West Indies)--Race relations.
- Saint Martin (West Indies)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this brilliantly evocative ethnography, Francio Guadeloupe probes the ethos and attitude created by radio disc jockeys on the binational Caribbean island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Examining the intersection of Christianity, calypso, 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 credits the island DJs, whose formulations of Christian faith, musical creativity, and capitalist survival express ordinary people's hopes and fears and promote tolerance.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A New Jerusalem in the Caribbean Sea
- Chapter 1. So Many Men, So Many Histories: The History that Matters to the Islanders
- Chapter 2. Performing Identities on Saint Martin and Sint Maarten
- Chapter 3. Christianity as a Metalanguage of Inclusiveness
- Chapter 4. Clarke's Two Vitamin C's for Successful Living
- Chapter 5. DJ Shadow's Prescription for Rastafari Individuality
- Chapter 6. The Hip-Hop- and Christian-Inspired Metaphysics of DJ Cimarron
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9786612772467
- 9781282772465
- 1282772465
- 9780520942639
- 0520942639
- OCLC:
- 773565087
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