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9789766402457

They Do As They Please

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  • ISBN13:

    9789766402457

  • ISBN10:

    9766402450

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-02-28
  • Publisher: Univ of West Indies Pr

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Summary

This book is a companion to Neither Led nor Driven, published in 2004. It examines the secular aspects of culture in Jamaica, namely, material culture (architecture and home furnishings, dress, and food), rites of passage, language and oral culture, creative and performance arts, popular entertainment, sports and games, social clubs and fraternities, and the issues of drinking and gambling. It also examines the lifestyle cultures of Indian and Chinese immigrants who were new arrivals in Jamaica.

Author Biography

Brian L. Moore is John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of History and Africana and Latin American Studies, Colgate University. He is the award-winning author or editor of more than eight scholarly books, several chapters in edited books, and many journal articles. Michele A. Johnson is Associate Professor, Department of History, York University, Canada. She is the award-winning author or editor of several scholarly books and has published extensively in scholarly journals.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. ix
Prefacep. xi
The Struggle for the Cultural Soul of Jamaica after Emancipationp. 1
"Tu'n yuh han' mek fashion": Creolizing Material Culturep. 11
Celebrating Life, Commemorating Death: Rites of Passagep. 57
"Duppy know who fe frighten": Jamaican Creole Language and Oral Culturep. 81
"Lighten our Darkness": Promoting "Enlightened" Intellectual Activityp. 108
"Elevate the tastes and morals of the people": Art, Music and Performancep. 145
"Rationalizing" Leisure: Holidays and Festivalsp. 175
"De tune you playing no de one I dancing": Popular Entertainmentp. 210
"Mens sana in corpore sano": Fashioning a Jamaican Sporting Culturep. 248
"The Brotherhood of Man": Gentlemen's Clubs and Fraternitiesp. 300
"Tom drunk but Tom no fool": Lifestyle Peccadillosp. 317
"We are heathen": Asian Cultures in the Culture Warp. 360
Capturing the Cultural Soul of Jamaicap. 405
Notesp. 417
Bibliographyp. 541
Indexp. 567
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