Musical life in Guyana : history and politics of controlling creativity / Vibert C. Cambridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cambridge, Vibert C., author.

Series:

Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)

Caribbean Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects--Guyana--History.

Music.

Guyana--Politics and government.

Guyana.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (387 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson, Mississippi : University Press of Mississippi, 2015.

Summary:

This work is an in-depth study of Guyanese musical life. It is also a detailed description of the social, economic, and political conditions that have encouraged and sometimes discouraged musical and cultural creativity in Guyana. It explores these interactions in Guyana during the three political eras that the society experienced as it moved from being a British colony to an independent nation.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""1. Prelude""; ""2. New Imperialism and Domestic Agitations""; ""3. The Rise of Ethnic and Class Consciousness: 1921-1930""; ""4. Public Spectacles: 1931-1940""; ""5. The American Presence: 1940-1950""; ""6. The 1950's: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination""; ""7. The 1960's: "Guiana Lament": The Painful Road to Independence""; ""8. The 1970's: "Making the Small Man a Real Man"""; ""9. The 1980's: Long Live the President-The President Is Dead!""; ""10. The 1990's: "Dessie, You Wrong! Dessie, You Wrong!"""

""11. Findings and Conclusions""""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"";

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

894670719