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04421aam a2200493 i 4500 001 BCB4ED7CA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220317010139 008 191216t20202020msua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019030132 020 $a 1496825454 020 $a 9781496825452 020 $a 1496825446 020 $a 9781496825445 035 $a (OCoLC)1099270663 040 $a MsSM/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d NYP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a cc----- 050 00 $a GT4223 $b .C37 2020 082 00 $a 394.2509729 $2 23 245 00 $a Carnival is woman : $b feminism and performance in Caribbean mas / $c edited by Frances Henry and Dwaine Plaza. 264 1 $a Jackson : $b University Press of Mississippi, $c [2020] 300 $a vii, 201 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Caribbean studies series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Preface -- Introduction / Frances Henry and Dwaine Plaza -- Women and the De-Africanization of Trinidad Carnival: From the Jamette to Bikini, Beads, and Feathers / Dwaine Plaza and Jan DeCosmo -- Stories of Resistance and Oppression: Baby Doll and Dame Lorraine / Frances Henry and Jeff Henry -- Jamette!: Women and Canboulay in 1881 / Philip W. Scher -- Taking the Queen to the Streets: The Jaycees Carnival Queen Competition and the Pretty Mas' Aesthetic / Samantha Noel -- Practicing Jametteness: The Transmission of "Bad Behavior" as a Strategy of Survival / A. D. Jones -- "Thirty Gyal to One Man: Women's Prolific Presence in the Trinidad Carnival / Asha St. Bernard -- From Devi to Diva: Indo-Caribbean Women Rising in Trinidad's Chutney Soca / Darrell Gerohn Baksh -- Caribana in Toronto: From Male Dominance to Female Agency / Dwaine Plaza -- Glossary -- About the Contributors -- Index 520 $a "Women are performing an ever-growing role in Caribbean Carnival. Through a feminist perspective, this volume examines the presence of women in contemporary Carnival by demonstrating not only their strength in numbers, but also the ways in which women participate in the event. While decried by traditionalists, the bikinis, beads, and feathers of "pretty mas" convey both a newly found empowerment as a gendered resistance to oppression from men. Although research on Carnivals is substantial, especially in the Americas, the subject of women in Carnival as a topic of inquiry remains fairly new. These essays address anthropological and historical facets of women and their practices in the Trinidad Carnival, including an analysis of how women's costuming and performance have changed over time. The modern costumes, which are well within the financial means of most mas players, demonstrate the new power of women who can now afford these outfits. In discussing the commodification and erotization of Carnival, the book emphasizes the unveiling of the female body and the hip-rolling sexual movements called winin or it. Through display of their bodies, contemporary women in Carnival express a form of female resistance. Intent on enjoying and expressing themselves, they seem invigorated by their place in the economy, as well as their sexuality, defying the moral controls imposed on them. Through an array of methods in qualitative research, including interviews, participant observation, and ethnography, this volume explains the new power of women in the evolution of Carnival mas in Trinidad amid the wider Caribbean diaspora"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Carnival $z Caribbean Area. 650 0 $a Women $z Caribbean Area $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Women $z Caribbean Area $x History. 650 0 $a Feminism $z Caribbean Area. 650 7 $a Carnival. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00847651 650 7 $a Feminism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00922671 650 7 $a Women. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176568 650 7 $a Women $x Social conditions. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01176947 651 7 $a Caribbean Area. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244080 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Henry, Frances, $d 1931- $e editor. 700 1 $a Plaza, Dwaine, $e editor. 776 08 $i Online version: $t Carnival is woman $d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2020. $z 9781496825469 $w (DLC) 2019030133 830 0 $a Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117021535.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BCB4ED7CA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search