I. Definition of Post-Colonialism: Hybridity, Mimicry and National Identity

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 5
3. Introduction 7
4. I. Definition of Post-Colonialism: Hybridity, Mimicry and National Identity 23
5. II. Re-Inventing Culture: the Caribbean Example. Introducing the Caribbean: History and Society 41
6. III. Gender and Post-Colonialism 55
7. IV. Between Rite and Performance 85
8. V. The World Upside-Down 111
9. VI. The Ambivalence of Trinidad Carnival. Music, Masking and Performance: the »Magical Mirror« of a Hybrid Society 123
10. VII. Conclusion 179
11. References 185
12. Illustrations 201
13. Backmatter 202