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Carnival Is Woman

Feminism and Performance in Caribbean Mas

edited by Frances Henry & Dwaine Plaza

Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Initial publish date
Dec 2019
Category
General, Regional & Ethnic, Women's Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781496825452
    Publish Date
    Dec 2019
    List Price
    $43.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781496825445
    Publish Date
    Dec 2019
    List Price
    $138.00

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Description

Revelations of both the burgeoning power and expression of women celebrating Carnival

About the authors

Frances Henry is professor emerita at York University and a member of the Royal Society of Canada specializing in Caribbean studies. She is author of The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities and He Had the Power: Pa Neezer, the Orisha King of Trinidad. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Canadian Studies and Canadian Ethnic Studies.

Frances Henry's profile page

Dwaine Plaza is professor of sociology at Oregon State University specializing in Caribbean studies. He is coauthor of Returning to the Source: The Final Stage of the Caribbean Migration Circuit. His work has appeared in Global Development Studies, Terres D?Amerique, and Revue européene des migrations internationales.

Dwaine Plaza's profile page

Editorial Reviews

This is a timely and relevant collection of essays on women in Carnival. It provides important insights into women's presentation of self and sexuality in the liminal space of the Carnival. Moreover, it makes a valuable contribution to the phenomenology of revelry and the field of entertainment in Trinidad and Tobago.

Linden F. Lewis, professor of sociology at Bucknell University and coauthor of Caribbean Masala: Indian Identity in Guyana and Trinidad