An edition of "They do as they please"
(2011)
"They do as they please"
the Jamaican struggle for cultural freedom after Morant Bay
by Moore, Brian L.
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"They do as they please": the Jamaican struggle for cultural freedom after Morant Bay
2011, University of the West Indies Press
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9766402442 9789766402440
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Table of Contents
The struggle for the cultural soul of Jamaica after emancipation
"Tu'n yuh han' mek fashion" : Creolizing material culture
Celebrating life, commemorating death : rites of passage
"Duppy know who fe frighten" : Jamaican Creole language and oral culture
"Lighten our darkness" : promoting "enlightened" intellectual activity
"Elevate the tastes and morals of the people" : art, music and performance
"Rationalizing" leisure : holidays and festivals
"De tune you playing no de one I dancing" : popular entertainment
"Mens sana in corpore sano" : fashioning a Jamaican sporting culture
"The brotherhood of man" : gentlemen's clubs and fraternities
"Tom drunk but Tom no fool" : lifestyle peccadillos
"We are heathen" : Asian cultures in the culture war
Capturing the cultural soul of Jamaica.
Edition Notes
"This book is a companion volume to Neither Led nor Driven, published in 2004"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-566) and index.
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