Zobel Marshall, E and Thomas, C
(2024)
They Call Me Baby Doll: Challenging Shame in Mardi Gras and Trinidadian Carnival.
MaComere: journal of the association of caribbean women writers and scholars, 15 (1).
pp. 11-34.
ISSN 1521-9968
Abstract
In Trinidad Carnival, ‘Baby Doll’, dressed in frilly bloomers and a bonnet, screams at male onlookers to pay for the care of their baby and thrusts a white doll into their arms. This traditional Carnival masquerade has long been implemented as a form of social commentary on absentee fathers, racial mixing, and the rape of black Caribbean women by white men.
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Divisions: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Publisher: | Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | 2005 Literary Studies; 4705 Literary studies |
SWORD Depositor: | Symplectic |
Depositing User (symplectic) | Deposited by Mann, Elizabeth on behalf of Zobel Marshall, Emily |
Date Deposited: | 23 May 2024 12:39 |
Last Modified: | 03 Dec 2024 11:29 |
Item Type: | Article |
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