Carnival, Memory and Identity

Carnival, Memory and Identity

The carnival of Trinidad and Tobago is a performative ritual of cultural resistance and awakening, claiming a space and celebrating freedom from any kind of oppression. The history of this ritual is strictly connected to the process of cultural decolonization and political independence of the Caribb...

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Main Author:	Giuseppe Sofo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MI-AN Publishing 2014-11-01
Series:	Kultura (Skopje)
Subjects:	carnival, Trinidad and Tobago, cultural resistance, postcolonial identity, carnivalesque
Online Access:	http://journals.cultcenter.net/index.php/culture/article/view/41

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