Running John Bull
The Provenance of a Masquerade in the Lesser Antilles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8932018 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert W Nicholls (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 133-156 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00155870902969293 |
| OpenAlex | W2030587003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article explores the provenance of the Bull masquerade in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. It looks at possible exemplars in Western Europe, particularly in Britain's West Country, Ireland, and Scotland, and also in West Africa, especially in the Upper Guinea region. It concludes that the Caribbean Bull was influenced by Upper Guinea masquerades but nourished in an environment conducive to Christmas Bull perambulations on a European model
Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · New guinea · Provenance · West indies · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Paleontology · Philippine History and Culture
Customs in common
Die Masken und Geheimbünde Afrikas
The History of Jamaica
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Transatlantic Sketches
The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas
Society and Culture in Early Modern France
The Black Saturnalia Conflict and Its Ritual Expression on British West Indian Slave Plantations
The Mocko Jumbie of the U.S. Virgin Islands; History and Antecedents
The Wild Bull and the Sacred Forest. Form, Meaning, and Change in Senegambian Initiation Masks
Gur and Manding Masquerades in Ghana
Pull Out Your Purse and Pay’
Mrs Ewing and the Textual Origin of the St Kitts Mummies' Play
Night Revels and Werewolfery in Calvinist Guernsey
The Krampus in Styria
Some New Light on Old Jamaicanisms
The Lancashire Pace-Egg Play
The English Mummers and their Plays
Afro-Creole
The Shaping of Folklore Traditions in the British West Indies
Society and Culture in Early Modern France
The Slave Trade in Northern Ghana
Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland
"The Carriacou Mas' as "Syncretic Artifact
Society and Culture in Early Modern France
The Wild Bull and the Sacred Forest
The Masked Figure and Social Control
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |