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Masquerade Politics: Explorations in the Structure of Urban Cultural Movements

By Abner Cohen
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By Abner Cohen
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Carnival, that image of sensuous frivolity, is shown by Abner Cohen to be a masquerade for the dynamic relations between culture and politics. His masterful study details the transformation of a local, polyethnic London fair to a massive, exclusively West Indian carnival, known as "Europe's biggest street festival," which in 1976 occasioned a bloody confrontation between black youth and the police and which has since become a fiercely contested cultural event.

Cohen contrasts the development...

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Social SciencesMusic, Film & Performing ArtsAfrican StudiesRegional StudiesPerforming ArtsAfricana - African Diaspora (outside U.S.)African Diaspora (outside U.S.) - Caribbean & Latin AmericaCarnivals & Sideshows