Title The cultural work : Maroon performance in Paramaribo, Suriname / Corinna Campbell

Published Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 267 pages) Series Music/culture Music/culture. Contents Introduction -- Ambivalent Forms -- Cultural Groups as Interpretive Communities -- Awasa : An Integrated Analysis -- Alakondre Dron : Embodying Multiethnic Discourse -- The Avondvierdaagse : Civic Exercise in a Consumer Society -- Subversive Choreographies : Strategic Impositions on an Archetypal Image -- Closing the Night : Invitations to Participation -- Appendix A. Maroon Genres and a Comparative Table of the Cultural Groups Kifoko, Saisa, and Fiamba -- Appendix B. List of Group Members Mentioned in the Text Summary "How do people in an intensely multicultural city live alongside one another while maintaining clear boundaries? This question is at the core of Corinna Campbell's fascinating study The Cultural Work, which illustrates how the Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves) of Suriname, on the northern coast of South America, have used culture-representational performance to sustain and advocate for their communities within Paramaribo, the capital. Based on the author's long-term fieldwork, The Cultural Work focuses on three distinct collectives: Kifoko, Saisa, and Fiambaknown locally as "cultural groups" (cultureel groepen), all of which specialize in the music and dance traditions of the Maroons of Suriname and neighboring French Guiana. Weaving together performance analysis, ethnography, and critical theory, Campbell demonstrates the broad spectrum of functions and meanings that culture-representational performance can have, while highlighting competing pressures that feature prominently in the lives of Maroons in Paramaribo. She suggests that ambivalence—fundamental to the folkloric enterprise and magnified here by the urban Maroons' social circumstances—enhances possibilities for social criticism for performers and audiences alike. A vital contribution to scholarship that seeks to broaden our knowledge of the cultural map of the African diaspora in South America, Latin America, and the Caribbean, this interdisciplinary book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of ethnomusicology, dance studies, performance studies, and anthropology."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 02, 2020) Subject Maroons -- Suriname -- Paramaribo -- Music -- History and criticism Folk music -- Suriname -- Paramaribo -- History and criticism Folk dancing -- Suriname -- Paramaribo -- History Maroons -- Suriname -- Paramaribo -- Social life and customs Folk dancing Folk music Maroons -- Social life and customs Suriname -- Paramaribo Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2020004214 ISBN 9780819579560 0819579564

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