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The jumbies' playing ground [electronic resource] : old world influences on Afro-Creole masquerades in the Eastern Caribbean / Robert Wyndham Nicholls.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholls, Robert (Robert Wyndham)
- Series:
- Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World
- Folklore studies in a multicultural world
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.
- Summary:
- During the masquerades common during carnival time, jumbies (ghosts or ancestral spirits) are set free to roam the streets of Caribbean nations, turning the world topsy-turvy. Modern carnivals, which evolved from earlier ritual celebrations featuring disguised performers, are important cultural and economic events throughout the Caribbean, and are a direct link to a multilayered history. This work explores the evolutionary connections in function, garb, and behavior between Afro-Creole masquerades and precursors from West Africa, the British Isles, and Western Europe. Robert Wyndham Nicholls
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; FOREWORD: Clash of Cultures; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. Masquerade Derivation, Costumes, and Behavior; 2. Aesthetics of Masquerading; 3. Masquerading in the Eastern Caribbean; 4. Specific Masquerade Types; 5. Masquerade Prototypes in West Africa; 6. Masquerade Prototypes in Western Europe; 7. Old World-New World Comparisons; CONCLUSION; APPENDIXES; 1. Informants in the Virgin Islands; 2. Diaspora in Reverse; 3. St. Croix Gombay Confrontation of 1852 and the Decline of Bamboula; 4. The Moko and Carriacou Nation Dances; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
- AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-71614-3
- 1-62103-616-2
- OCLC:
- 793973991
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