Denise Hughes-Tafen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1432142 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Denise Hughes-Tafen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Denise |
| FAMILY NAME | Hughes-Tafen |
| SIGNATURE | HUGHES-TAFEN D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Women, Theatre and Calypso in the English-Speaking Caribbean
The present essay discusses how women calypsonians in the English-speaking Caribbean use Calypso performances as a theatrical platform to offer a gendered critique of the nation and engage in a dialogue, which despite exhibiting pride in the nation, questions its various exclusions in ways that seek to redefine dominant constructions of the nation as 'we'. Not only do they offer a vision of the nation and its cultural aspects that is more inclusi…
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Women, Theatre and Calypso in the English-Speaking Caribbean
The present essay discusses how women calypsonians in the English-speaking Caribbean use Calypso performances as a theatrical platform to offer a gendered critique of the nation and engage in a dialogue, which despite exhibiting pride in the nation, questions its various exclusions in ways that seek to redefine dominant constructions of the nation as 'we'. Not only do they offer a vision of the nation and its cultural aspects that is more inclusi…
Agency (philosophy) (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · Cuban History and Society (1 works) · Cultural politics (1 works) · Cultural Studies (1 works) · Feminism (1 works) · Gender Studies (1 works) · Indigenous (1 works)