Author: G. Addinton Forde
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Category : Barbados
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Author: Sharon Meredith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135187733X
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 101

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Barbados is a small Caribbean island better known as a tourist destination rather than for its culture. The island was first claimed in 1627 for the English King and remained a British colony until independence was gained in 1966. This firmly entrenched British culture in the Barbadian way of life, although most of the population are descended from enslaved Africans taken to Barbados to work on the sugar plantations. After independence, an official desire to promulgate the country’s African heritage led to the revival and recontextualisation of cultural traditions. Barbadian tuk music, a type of fife and drum music, has been transformed in the post-independence period from a working class music associated with plantations and rum shops to a signifier of national culture, played at official functions and showcased to tourists. Based on ethnographic and archival research, Sharon Meredith considers the social, political and cultural developments in Barbados that led to the evolution, development and revival of tuk as well as cultural traditions associated with it. She places tuk in the context of other music in the country, and examines similar musics elsewhere that, whilst sharing some elements with tuk, have their own individual identities.

Author: Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 26

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Author: Marie Louise Elias
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761448532
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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This book provides information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, diversity, people, religion, and culture of Barbados. All books of the critically-acclaimed Cultures of the World(R) series ensure an immersive experience by offering vibrant photographs with descriptive nonfiction narratives, and interactive activities such as creating an authentic traditional dish from an easy-to-follow recipe. Copious maps and detailed timelines present the past and present of the country, while exploration of the art and architecture help your readers to understand why diversity is the spice of Life.

Author: Daryl Cumber Dance
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870495663
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276

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Author: Folklore Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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Author: Joseph Jacobs
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 600

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Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society.

Author: Mary Arnold Twining
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Category : Caribbean area
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Author: Curwen Best
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 081087749X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211

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During the second half of the 20th century, the Caribbean island of Barbados emerged as a key player in the creation and nurturing of Caribbean popular music. And, yet, despite its vital role in the popularization of tuk music, the rise of spouge, and the Barbadian contribution to and transformation of other Carribean music traditions, there is still relatively little sustained critical literature that discusses the various strands of the island's music culture. Curwen Best's The Popular Music and Entertainment Culture of Barbados provides this long overdue survey of the development of Barbadian popular music and entertainment culture by focusing on pivotal phenomena, artists and movements in the evolution of Barbadian popular music and culture. Best concentrates, in particular, on transformations since 1980 and 2000 respectively, each of which marked the ushering in of new opportunities and challenges to the creation and dissemination of Barbadian popular music. His study considers the telling roles played by the expanding influence of western popular culture, the Internet, post-dancehall and post-soca aesthetics, cyberculture, digital culture, and the subterranean lure of traditional culture. Readers will find especially compelling Best's analyses of selected artists, musical genres, and phenomena, such as Gabby, Rihanna, Jackie Opel, Alison Hinds, Rupee, Red Plastic Bag, Lil' Rick, spouge, tuk, ringbang, gospel, dub/dancehall, calypso, soca, folk, alternative, hip hop, Crop Over, Jazz Festival, National Independence Festival of Creative Arts, BajanTube, party politics and entertainment, popular bands, music technology, the Internet and new frontiers of cultural expression. This book will be of significant interest to scholars, students and all those curious about Caribbean popular culture, the popular music of Barbados, and the impact of emerging technologies on cultural development in a small island state.