Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-332), discography (pages 333-335), and index.
Calypso. Calypso's historical entanglements ; Governing the conduct of Carnival and calypso ; Power, practice, and competitions ; Calypsonians onstage ; Independence, innovation, and authenticity -- Calypso's musical offshoots. Postindependence, proliferation, and permissible traditions ; Soca, nation, and discrepant diasporas ; Cultural entrepreneurship under neoliberalism
CD. Lieutenant Julian : oratorical calypso (Sam Manning) -- We goin' to cut the wood : lavway at funeral wakes -- Daddy Axe : ragga soca (Machael Montano and Xtatik) -- Cyar take dat : rapso (Brother Resistance) -- You : soca ; On the road : soca (Machael Montano and Xtatik) -- Sting she : chutney soca ; Hamareh galeeyah : chutney version ; Hamareh galeeyah : chutney soca version (Rikki Jai)