Guilbault, Jocelyne.

Governing sound : the cultural politics of Trinidad's Carnival musics / Jocelyne Guilbault. - 2007. - xii, 343 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., music ; 23 cm. + 1 CD (4 3/4 in.). - Chicago studies in ethnomusicology .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-332), discography (p. 333-335), and index.

Calypso. Calypso's historical entanglements ; Governing the conduct of Carnival and calypso ; Power, practice, and competitions ; Calypsonians onstage ; Independence, innovation, and authenticity -- Calypso's musical offshoots. Postindependence, proliferation, and permissible traditions ; Soca, nation, and discrepant diasporas ; Cultural entrepreneurship under neoliberalism.

9780226310596 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226310590 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226310602 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226310604 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Calypso (Music)--History and criticism.--Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad
Carnival--History.--Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad
Calypso (Music)--Social aspects--Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad.
Calypso (Music)--Political aspects--Trinidad and Tobago--Trinidad.

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