Traces of Masks

Varia
Guadeloupian Identity between Theory and Practice
By Stéphanie Mulot
English

The ethnography of the Guadelupian Carnival clearly shows processes of reinterpretation and creolization, namely within the “Voukoum” group who intends to stage a peculiar element of the cultural patrimony: masks. In an anti-establishment strategy of identity the protagonists aim at reinventing a local history around heroic figures of the resistance.

Keywords

  • carnival
  • Guadeloupe
  • Voukoum group
  • creole
  • masks
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