Title Carnival and the formation of a Caribbean transnation / Philip W. Scher

Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2003] ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations Series New World diasporas New World diasporas series. Contents Foreword / Kevin A. Yelvington -- 1. Carnival in Trinidad: A Selected History -- 2. The Brooklyn Carnival: Mandate for a Dual-Sited Ethnography -- 3. Mas' Camps and Masqueraders: Perspectives on the Production of Carnival -- 4. Bureaucratic Multiculturalism and West Indian American Day: Becoming a Tile in the Gorgeous Mosaic -- 5. Bringing It All Back Home: The Carnival King and Queen of the World Competition -- 6. Playing Sailor Mas', or When "Natives" Become Tourists of Themselves: Transnational Returnees -- Conclusion: Implications of the Transnation, Querying Culturalism -- Glossary of Trinidadian Terms Summary "This dual-site ethnography follows the celebration of Carnival from Trinidad to North America, where immigrant Trinidadian-Americans loyally perpetuate this annual cultural event. Philip Scher uses the lens of transnationalism to explore the Carnival tradition transported from Trinidad by the immigrant Trinis living in Brooklyn, New York."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-204) and index Notes Description based on print version record SUBJECT Metropolitan Museum of Art gnd Subject Carnival -- Trinidad and Tobago Carnival -- New York (State) -- New York West Indians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Ethnic identity Carnival Manners and customs Ethnische Identität Karneval Westindischer Einwanderer SUBJECT Trinidad and Tobago -- Social life and customs Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs Subject New York (State) -- New York New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago New York (N.Y.) Form Electronic book

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