![]() | Chanting Down the New Jerusalem: Calypso, Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean Subjects: Ethnology -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Ethnicity -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Anthropology of religion -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Religion and culture -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Disc jockeys -- Social aspects -- Saint Martin (West Indies); Mus; 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. Guadeloupe Francio : 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. |
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