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Bacchanal!: The Carnival Culture of Trinidad »
Authors: Peter Mason
ISBN-13: 9781566396639, ISBN-10: 1566396638
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Temple University Press
Date Published: January 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Peter Mason
Book Synopsis
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction | 7 | |
| 1 | Kaiso! | 17 |
| Roots of Calypso | 20 | |
| The Social Dimension | 24 | |
| Soca | 29 | |
| The Carnival Tents | 30 | |
| The Road to the Crown | 33 | |
| The Savannah | 35 | |
| Competitive Edge | 41 | |
| The Road March | 43 | |
| 'But Dey Forget Calypso' | 45 | |
| The International Stage | 48 | |
| Chutney Soca | 52 | |
| 2 | Steel Pan | 57 |
| From Bamboo to Oil Drum | 58 | |
| 'Behind the Bridge' | 59 | |
| The Modern Steelband | 62 | |
| Panorama | 65 | |
| The Lime | 67 | |
| Pan Competition | 68 | |
| Bands and Arrangers | 71 | |
| Pan and the Community | 74 | |
| 3 | Playing Mas | 79 |
| Costume Design | 80 | |
| Kings and Queens | 84 | |
| J'Ouvert Morning | 89 | |
| Carnival Monday | 92 | |
| Carnival Tuesday | 94 | |
| Sexual Energy | 106 | |
| The Decline of Ole Mas | 111 | |
| The Future of Mas | 117 | |
| 4 | Don't Stop the Carnival! | 121 |
| Organisation | 123 | |
| Tourism | 124 | |
| Sex and Violence | 126 | |
| Carnival Controversy | 130 | |
| 5 | Woman is Boss | 133 |
| Women and Calypso | 136 | |
| Calypso Queens | 139 | |
| Women and Pan | 144 | |
| 6 | Past and Future | 147 |
| Stickfighting | 148 | |
| Influences and Evolution | 158 | |
| The Indian Influence | 160 | |
| Exporting Carnival | 161 | |
| The Balance of Payments | 166 | |
| Into the Future | 167 | |
| Notes | 172 | |
| Bibliography | 174 | |
| Discography | 177 | |
| Appendix | 178 |
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