| Deconstructing Gender in Carnival: A Cross Cultural Investigation of a Social Ritual Contributor(s): Sterzi, Valeria (Author) |
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ISBN: 3837613488 ISBN-13: 9783837613483 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Social Science | Holidays (non Religious) - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 394.250 |
| Series: Postcolonial Studies (Transcript) |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.37" W x 8.86" (0.66 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sterzi, Valeria: - Valeria Sterzi teaches sociology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. |