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Dancing the archive: Rhythms of change in post-volcano identities on Montserrat, West Indies.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Dancing the archive: Rhythms of change in post-volcano identities on Montserrat, West Indies./
Author:	Spanos, Kathleen Aurelia.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	326 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-10(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International77-10A(E).
Subject:	Cultural anthropology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10128587
ISBN:	9781339865881

Dancing the archive: Rhythms of change in post-volcano identities on Montserrat, West Indies.
Spanos, Kathleen Aurelia.

Dancing the archive: Rhythms of change in post-volcano identities on Montserrat, West Indies. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 326 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 77-10(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Maryland, College Park, 2016.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

In this dissertation, I demonstrate how improvisations within the structures of performance during Montserrat's annual festivals produce "rhythms of change" that contribute to the formation of cultural identities. Montserrat is a small island of 39.5 square miles in the Caribbean's Leeward Islands, and a volcanic disaster in the 1990s led to the loss of villages, homes, and material possessions. The crisis resulted in mass displacement and emigration, and today's remaining population of 5,000 is now in a stage of post-volcano redevelopment. The reliability of written archives for establishing cultural knowledge is tenuous, and the community is faced with re-energizing cherished cultural traditions.

ISBN: 9781339865881Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122764
Cultural anthropology.

Dancing the archive: Rhythms of change in post-volcano identities on Montserrat, West Indies.
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520 $a This ethnographic research traces my embodied search for Montserrat's history through an archive that is itself intangible and performative. Festivals produce some of the island's most visible and culturally political events, and music and dance performances prompt on- and off-stage discussions about the island's multifaceted heritage. The festival cycle provides the structure for ongoing renegotiations of what it means to be "Montserratian". I focus especially on the island's often-discussed and debated "triangular" heritage of Irishness, Africanness, and Montserratianness as it is performed during the festivals.
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