Review of Carnivals of the Caribbean: Puerto Rico/Trinidad/Martinique
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2007
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Journal of American Folklore
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This vibrant production has something of the
flair and energy of its subject matter, as it
switches from one island to another in an effort
to document the making of carnival in these
settings and to confront some of the issues that
swirl around carnival performances. The basic
method here is to inject short snippets of carnival
actions into a more leisurely fabric of
interviews with both scholars and participants,
with special attention paid to the men and
women who conceive of and execute the
schemes presented in carnival costumes, floats,
and parades. The pace of the film is rapid and
the movement from one setting to another
swift, but this documentary scores well as a
teaching resource on the basis of the excellent
quality of its footage, both interview material
and scenes of carnival in action.
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Published as McDowell, John Holmes. Review of Carnivals of the Caribbean: Puerto Rico/Trinidad/Martinique. Journal of American Folklore, vol. 120 no. 3, 2007, p. 358-359. doi:10.1353/jaf.2007.0056. © 2007 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
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McDowell, John Holmes. Review of Carnivals of the Caribbean: Puerto Rico/Trinidad/Martinique. Journal of American Folklore, vol. 120 no. 3, 2007, p. 358-359. doi:10.1353/jaf.2007.0056.
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