Carnival and Power: Play and Politics in a Crown Colony

By Vicki Ann Cremona

Book Overview

1. Perceptions of Colony and Carnival.2. Power and its Historical Framework.-3. Social Difference and Street Dynamics.4. Fancy Dress, Rank and Dignity: Power and Play in Carnival Balls.5. 'The sweet satires that prick where it is needed....': The Caricature of Power.6. Raising the Levels of Street Carnivals - Competitions and Prizes.7. Carnival or Carnivals? Political Wrangles Between State, Church and Party.8. Politics vs Religion and State - Beyond Carnival and the Carnivalesque.9. Carnival as a Transnational Cultural Phenomenon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319889753
• ISBN13: 9783319889757
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"