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- catalog abstract ""This dual-site ethnography follows the celebration of Carnival from Trinidad to North America, where immigrant Trinidadian-Americans loyally perpetuate this annual cultural event. Philip Scher uses the lens of transnationalism to explore the Carnival tradition transported from Trinidad by the immigrant Trinis living in Brooklyn, New York."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12798190.
- catalog coverage "Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""This dual-site ethnography follows the celebration of Carnival from Trinidad to North America, where immigrant Trinidadian-Americans loyally perpetuate this annual cultural event. Philip Scher uses the lens of transnationalism to explore the Carnival tradition transported from Trinidad by the immigrant Trinis living in Brooklyn, New York."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Kevin A. Yelvington -- 1. Carnival in Trinidad: A Selected History -- 2. The Brooklyn Carnival: Mandate for a Dual-Sited Ethnography -- 3. Mas' Camps and Masqueraders: Perspectives on the Production of Carnival -- 4. Bureaucratic Multiculturalism and West Indian American Day: Becoming a Tile in the Gorgeous Mosaic -- 5. Bringing It All Back Home: The Carnival King and Queen of the World Competition -- 6. Playing Sailor Mas', or When "Natives" Become Tourists of Themselves: Transnational Returnees -- Conclusion: Implications of the Transnation, Querying Culturalism -- Glossary of Trinidadian Terms.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index.".
- catalog extent "xv, 214 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813026121 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "New World diasporas series.".
- catalog isPartOf "New World diasporas".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Gainesville : University Press of Florida,".
- catalog spatial "Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York.".
- catalog spatial "Trinidad and Tobago.".
- catalog subject "394.25/0972983 21".
- catalog subject "Carnival New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Carnival Trinidad and Tobago.".
- catalog subject "GT4229.T7 .S24 2003".
- catalog subject "West Indians New York (State) New York Ethnic identity.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Kevin A. Yelvington -- 1. Carnival in Trinidad: A Selected History -- 2. The Brooklyn Carnival: Mandate for a Dual-Sited Ethnography -- 3. Mas' Camps and Masqueraders: Perspectives on the Production of Carnival -- 4. Bureaucratic Multiculturalism and West Indian American Day: Becoming a Tile in the Gorgeous Mosaic -- 5. Bringing It All Back Home: The Carnival King and Queen of the World Competition -- 6. Playing Sailor Mas', or When "Natives" Become Tourists of Themselves: Transnational Returnees -- Conclusion: Implications of the Transnation, Querying Culturalism -- Glossary of Trinidadian Terms.".
- catalog title "Carnival and the formation of a Caribbean transnation / Philip W. Scher.".
- catalog type "text".