Chanting Down the New Jerusalem: Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean Volume 4 by Guadeloupe, Francio

Chanting Down the New Jerusalem: Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean Volume 4 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520254893)

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Chanting Down the New Jerusalem: Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean Volume 4 by Guadeloupe, Francio

Chanting Down the New Jerusalem: Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean Volume 4

$34.95
Chanting Down the New Jerusalem: Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean Volume 4 by Guadeloupe, Francio

Chanting Down the New Jerusalem: Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean Volume 4

$34.95
Format: Paperback
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In this brilliantly evocative ethnography, Francio Guadeloupe probes the ethos and attitude created by radio disc jockeys on the binational Caribbean island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Examining the intersection of Christianity, calypso, and capitalism, Guadeloupe shows how a multiethnic and multireligious island nation, where livelihoods depend on tourism, has managed to encourage all social classes to transcend their ethnic and religious differences. In his pathbreaking analysis, Guadeloupe credits the island DJs, whose formulations of Christian faith, musical creativity, and capitalist survival express ordinary people's hopes and fears and promote tolerance.

Author: Francio Guadeloupe
ISBN-10: 0520254899
ISBN-13: 9780520254893
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2008
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 8.96h x 5.94w x 0.72d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 01/16/2009 pg. 14
By Francio Guadeloupe
By Francio Guadeloupe
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Francio Guadeloupe is Assistant Professor at the Radboud University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, Research Fellow at the Royal Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, and Extraordinary Research Fellow at the University of Saint Martin.

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