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Sterzi, Valeria

Deconstructing Gender in Carnival : A Cross Cultural Investigation of a Social Ritual / Valeria Sterzi. - 1. Aufl. - 1 online resource (204 p.) - Postcolonial Studies ; 7 .

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This book explores the complexity of the dialectic relationship between ritual-like activities and social structure; focusing on women's increasing presence in Trinidad Carnival and the ways in which their participation becomes part of the conflict over the efforts to change the basic distribution of power within society. Femininity comes forward in Caribbean carnival as the sexualized body that unmasks power relations which are simultaneously affirmed and denied.Giving attention to the ideological process through which gender relations are constructed, this event is analysed in relation to economic, political, and social factors, as well as a consequence of the changes caused by the cultural clash of colonial and postcolonial society.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9783837613483 9783839413487

Standard No.: 10.1515/9783839413487 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Carnival--Caribbean Area.
Carnival--Trinidad and Tobago.
Gender identity--Caribbean Area.
Cultural Studies.
Culture.
Ethnology.
Gender Studies.
Gender.
Interculturalism.
Multiculturalism.
Performance.
Postcolonialism.
Ritual.
Women.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.

Subjects--Index Terms: Cultural Studies. Culture. Ethnology. Gender Studies. Gender. Interculturalism. Multiculturalism. Performance. Postcolonialism. Ritual. Women.

LC Class. No.: GT4223 / .S74 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 394.2509729