Chanting Down the New Jerusalem

Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-520-25489-3
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 435 g

Reihe: The Anthropology of Christianity

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guadeloupe, Francio

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Umwelt und Kultur, Kulturökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Religionsethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Politische Ethnologie, Recht, Organisation, Identität
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Materielle Kultur, Wirtschaftsethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Map of Saint Martin and Sint Maarten

Map of the Caribbean Islands

Introduction: A New Jerusalem in the Caribbean Sea

1. So Many Men, So Many Histories: The History That Matters to the Islanders

2. Performing Identities on Saint Martin and Sint Maarten

3. Christianity as a Metalanguage of Inclusiveness

4. Clarke's Two Vitamin Cs for Successful Living

5. DJ Shadow's Prescription for Rastafari Individuality

6. The Hip-Hop- and Christian-Inspired Metaphysics of DJ Cimarron
Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.