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Showing 1 to 20 of 102 for “"Carnival"”.
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Pilgrim Carnival
… writing autobiography. As a composition, Pilgrim Carnival took place as a travelling series of events. The central event was a sound installation for a blindfolded audience. This essay is a description of that series of events as well as a discussion of similar precedents in interdisciplinary art. …
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Carnival Is Woman!: Gender, Performance, and Visual Culture in Contemporary Trinidad Carnival
… strides have been made in the study of Trinidad Carnival, there has yet to be a robust inquiry into how women have contributed to its evolution. One major reason for this shortcoming is that the dominant cultural discourse relies on a reductive</p><p>dichotomy that recognizes the costumes created …
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The capital of carnival: Alibabá carnival music and dance in Santo Domingo as social enterprise and performance complex
Every February and August, carnival groups known as “Alibabá” parade in the streets of Santo Domingo, giving a spectacular performance with equal elements of sonic and visual display. Unlike other carnival groups in the capital, Alibabá groups perform unison dance routines while dressed in stylized …
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The carnival road : the eMzantsi Carnival and the promotion of intercultural interaction amongst the communities of Cape Town's southern peninsula
The power of carnival has long been appreciated and theorised. However, the potential for harnessing that power specifically to facilitate intercultural interaction has not previously been examined. This study considers the application of both carnival theory and intercultural communication theory …
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One degree removed : the last carnival of Venice
Development, including urban and architectural, has been driven by the idea of progress aimed at economic and technological growth, which, in turn has been leaving waste in its wake. Waste has thus become the subjects of culture in the 21st century. Our daily life is supported by products that …
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Frank Zappa and Mikhail Bakhtin: Rabelais's carnival made contemporary
… project, the author uses Bakhtin's theory of carnival to illuminate Zappa's sound and rhetoric. The author hopes that by using this theoretical lens allows audiences to understand Zappa's choices in subject matter. Those who can see his work as satire and understand the use of carnivalesque …
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Frank Zappa and Mikhail Bakhtin: Rabelais's carnival made contemporary
… project, the author uses Bakhtin's theory of carnival to illuminate Zappa's sound and rhetoric. The author hopes that by using this theoretical lens allows audiences to understand Zappa's choices in subject matter. Those who can see his work as satire and understand the use of carnivalesque …
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Trinidad Carnival : improving design through computation and digital technology
… technology to support design in the Trinidad Carnival. I argue that computation can contribute to design in the Trinidad Carnival by (1) addressing the dying art of wire bending, (2) improving design, and (3) by fostering a more inclusive design process. My study is motivated by the current …
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Elements of carnival and the carnivalesque in contemporary Australian children's literature
… humour and the manifest forms this takes within carnival are intrinsic and are discussed at some length. These central tenets are explored in two ways: first, in relation to their connection and use within the narrative structures of a selection of books short listed (and thus critically …
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"Throw Me Something, Mister": The History of Carnival Throws in New Orleans
… the cultural currency of New Orleans during Carnival. Beads, doubloons, coconuts, cups and other throws develop an inherent value, enticing crowds. People esteem throws enough to compete for them, with varying levels of intensity, along parade routes and on the streets of the French Quarter. …
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Postcolonial Patterns in Fantastic Television: A Case Study of Amazon Prime's Carnival Row
Szakdolgozatom témája a posztkolonális szempontok keresése és vizsgálata egy mitológiai témájú, fantázia sorozatban.A sorozat egy olyan társadalmat mutat be, ahol ezek a lények el vannak nyomva az emberek által, például faunok, tündérek. Olyan szempontok alapján vizsgáltam ezt az elnyomást mint a …
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A musical ethnography of the Kaapse Klopse carnival in Cape Town, South Africa
… musical ethnography of the <i>Kaapse Klopse</i> carnival in Cape Town, South Africa. This cultural expression can be traced to colonial slavery when Cape slaves were given a day off on 2 January. Since the early 20th century, carnival troupes have gathered in football stadiums as a medium of …
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Limassol Carnival Serenades: an approach to sustaining sound communities, safeguarding and cultural sustainability
The Limassol Carnival has been listed by the National Commission for UNESCO of Cyprus as an Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2015. It is the only known Carnival that includes the Serenaders, male choirs, within its celebrations. Originating in the Ionian islands, a Serenade is a harmonised love …
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History, identity and meaning : Cape Town's Coon Carnival in the 1960s and 1970s
Little has been written about the Coon Carnival since its inception in the late nineteenth century. This thesis helps remedy the general neglect of popular, "Coloured", working class history during the apartheid years. attempts to situate Cape Town's New Year Carnival within the international …
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When the carnival is over : Peter Barnes' Red Noses and the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin
… plays are often referred to as anarchic or carnivalesque. with his theatrical style working as an analogue to his stated aim of seeking to disrupt the social order of contemporary society (Barnes, 1996a, p. viii; Barnes, 1996b, p. x). Some critics have defined Barnes as an iconoclastic …
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“THIS UNHALLOWED SOURCE OF ENTERTAINMENT” ; CARNIVAL INFECTION IN THE MOUNTEBANK’S CHILDREN AND “THE NEW MOTHER”
<p>This thesis explores the phenomenon of “carnival infection” depicted in Lucy Clifford’s “The New Mother” (1882) and the anonymously published <em>The Mountebank’s Children </em>(1866). Clifford’s “The New Mother” portrays how Turkey and Blue-Eyes, the sibling protagonists, become infected with a …
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