Carnival, Canboulay and Calypso: Traditions in the Making

John Cowley · Cambridge University Press · 1996 · Originally in English · scholarly

How Afro-Trinidadian carnival and its dances were invented in the post-Emancipation nineteenth century.

About the author

The author, specializing in Caribbean history and culture, approaches carnival through historical rather than ethnographic or choreographic methodology, emphasizing archival research and textual evidence. This disciplinary positioning—bringing historical rigor to dance and performance traditions—was influential in establishing dance history as a legitimate field of Caribbean studies.

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