Performing the History: Contesting Historical Narratives in Trinidad and Tobago (Essay) Performing the History: Contesting Historical Narratives in Trinidad and Tobago (Essay)

Performing the History: Contesting Historical Narratives in Trinidad and Tobago (Essay‪)‬

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 2007, Jan, 32, 63

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Resume. Cet article examine la popularisation des idees historiques et la promotion de la conscience et de l'imagination historiques dans le Trinidad post-independant. Il focalise sur la maniere avec laquelle une vision particuliere du passe--celle du recit nationaliste creole--fut construite et popularisee par le mouvement nationaliste. Il examine ensuite l'emergence, la dissemination et la popularisation d'un recit afro-centrique contestataire dans la periode d'independance. L'accent est mis moins sur le contenu du recit que sur la methode de sa dissemination. L'argument developpe est que ces recits furent fondes uniquement sur l'ecrit pour leur transmission et ne pouvaient concurrencer ceux vehicules par l'oral. L'article focalise par consequent sur l'utilisation de la tradition du calypso local dans la popularisation du recit historique. Abstract. This article examines the popularization of historical ideas and the cultivation of an historical consciousness and imagination in post-independence Trinidad. It focuses on the way in which a particular version of the past--the Creole nationalist narrative--was constructed and popularized by a nationalist movement. It then examines the emergence, dissemination, and popularization of a contesting Afro-centric narrative in the post-independence period. The emphasis is less on the content of the narrative than on the method of dissemination. It argues that those narratives that were dependent only on the scribal method for transmission could not compete with those that utilized the oral mode. The article therefore focuses on the use of the local calypso tradition in the popularizing of historical narratives.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2007
1 January
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
54
Pages
PUBLISHER
Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
PROVIDER INFO
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
SIZE
275.1
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