Introduction to Fancy Dress Carnival -- Retracing the Steps: The History of Fancy Dress -- Local Beliefs and Practices within Fancy Dress -- Inclusivity and Exclusivity: Membership and Aesthetics -- Winneba: Serious Competition -- Sustainable Practices of Masquefest and Carnival as Festival -- The Afro-Brazilian Contribution to Fancy Dress -- Fancy Dress and Silliness: Transformation of Power and Global Modernity -- Appendix A: List of Active Fancy Dress Groups in Ghana by City, August 2017 -- Appendix B: List of Winners for the Winneba Masquefest Competitions.
Summary:
"This book examines how Fancy Dress in Ghana voices public commentary on pop culture; social and cultural mores; and local, national, and international politics and economy. A vital creative expression of the lower classes, Kakaamatobe is both comedic entertainment and an expression of power, identity, and modernity in Ghanaian communities"-- Provided by publisher.
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