Thesis
The Style, the Song, and the Celebration: Black Power and the Changing Cultural Dynamics of Trinidad and Tobago, 1969-1973
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000005277
Abstract
The Black Power movement in Trinidad and Tobago had an immense effect on the nation's culture. While the movement failed to oust Prime Minister Eric Williams from power or drastically alter colonial economic relations for Trinidad, Black Power did bring about a significant and noticeable change in several realms of Trinidadian popular culture. This thesis argues that Trinidadian culture was pronouncedly altered by Black Power and that the movement brought about an intense shift in the realms of fashion, calypso, and festivals. These areas of culture show how both Afro- and Indo-Trinidadians responded to Black Power and how the movement brought about significant discourse on what it meant to be a Trinidadian. Additionally, these changes show a resistance to colonial oppression in very expressive and often quite personal ways. Through examining these shifts, historians can see how Trinidadians reacted to Black Power with a myriad of different views and how the Black Power movement left a lasting cultural legacy on the twin island republic.
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Details
- Title
- The Style, the Song, and the Celebration
- Creators
- Victor Moore
- Contributors
- Andra Chastain (Advisor)Lawrence Hatter (Committee Member)Alan Malfavon (Committee Member)Marlene Gaynair (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- History, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 129
- Identifiers
- 99901019635901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis