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The autobiography of Alfred H. Mendes 1897-1991
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ISBN: 1435694937 9781435694934 9766401179 9789766401177 9766401179 9789766401177 Year: 2002 Publisher: Barbados : University of the Wet Indies Press,

The political calypso
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ISBN: 0813023793 9780813023793 0813015804 Year: 1999 Publisher: Gainesville, Fla. University Press of Florida

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"Calypso, a traditional form of music in the Caribbean, began in Trinidad and Tobago as a subtle protest against British rule. The product of the cross-fertilization of African and European rhythms, melodies and song styles, the calypso (along with Jamaican reggae) defines the music of the region. Louis Regis examines the evolution of the political calypso from 1962 to 1987, the period of Trinidad/Tobago's independence from Britain, and presents the text of lyrics from this popular folk-urban musical form."--Jacket.

Reclaiming African religions in Trinidad
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ISBN: 143561125X 9781435611252 9766401292 9789766401290 Year: 2003 Publisher: Barbados London University of the West Indies Press Eurospan


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Social Media in Trinidad : values and visibility
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ISBN: 1787350967 1787350959 9781787350960 9781787350939 1787350932 1787350940 1787350983 Year: 2017 Publisher: UCL Press

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Drawing on 15 months of ethnographic research in one of the most under-developed regions in the Caribbean island of Trinidad, this book describes the uses and consequences of social media for its residents. Jolynna Sinanan argues that this semi-urban town is a place in-between: somewhere city dwellers look down on and villagers look up to. The complex identity of the town is expressed through uses of social media, with significant results for understanding social media more generally. Not elevating oneself above others is one of the core values of the town, and social media becomes a tool for social visibility; that is, the process of how social norms come to be and how they are negotiated. Carnival logic and high-impact visuality is pervasive in uses of social media, even if Carnival is not embraced by all Trinidadians in the town and results in presenting oneself and association with different groups in varying ways. The study also has surprising results in how residents are explicitly non-activist and align themselves with everyday values of maintaining good relationships in a small town, rather than espousing more worldly or cosmopolitan values.


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Eric Williams and the anticolonial tradition : the making of a diasporan intellectual
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ISBN: 081393673X 0813936853 9780813936857 9780813936741 0813936748 9780813936734 Year: 2015 Publisher: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press,

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Drawing on extensive archival research and using a conflated theoretical framework, the author offers a portrait of Williams that shows how his experiences in Trinidad, England, and America radicalized him and how his relationships with other Caribbean intellectuals--along with Aimé Césaire in Martinique, Juan Bosch in the Dominican Republic, George Lamming of Barbados, and Frantz Fanon from Martinique--enabled him to seize opportunities for social change and make a significant contribution to Caribbean epistemology.


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Politics, Ethnicity and the Postcolonial Nation : A Critical Analysis of Political Discourse in the Caribbean.
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ISBN: 9027259984 9027208611 9789027259981 9789027208613 Year: 2021 Publisher: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,

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"This book explores the politics of ethnicity and nationalism in the Caribbean from a critical discourse-analytical perspective. Focusing on political communication in Trinidad and Tobago, it offers unique socio-political insights into one of the most complex and diverse countries of the Archipelago. Through a detailed reconstruction of Kamla Persad-Bissessar's 2010 victorious run for office, this book offers ample empirical evidence of the multimodal discursive strategies that held the key to the success of the first woman PM candidate and her inter-ethnic coalition bid to overcome political tribalism in the country. In parallel, it explores the implications and challenges of the postcolonial Trinbagonian national project, caught between pluralism and creolization. Through its innovative, context-dependent and interdisciplinary CDS approach, this book breaks new ground in Caribbean Studies while at the same time broadening the horizons of the Euro-American tradition of Political Discourse Studies to address the complexities of global postcoloniality"--

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