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1 online resource (xxiii, 202 pages) : illustrations |
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Intro -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Intangible Cultural Heritage: Safeguarding Embodied Creole Cultures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The UNESCO Convention -- 3 A Question of Value: Safeguarding as Undoing Eurocentric Cultural Values -- 4 A Question of Identity -- 5 Embodiment -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Towards Safeguarding Creole Intangible Cultural Heritage: The 2003 UNESCO Convention -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Historical Context for UNESCO's ICH Convention |
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3 Challenges in Inscribing ICH: Communities, Policymakers, and Researchers -- 4 Analysis of ICH Inventories -- 5 Meaning and Language: Identity, Unity, and Harmony in UNESCO's ICH -- 6 ICH Inscription and Tourism, Branding, and Regulation -- 7 Implications for Creole Nations -- 8 What Are the Lessons to Be Learned from These Examples? -- References -- Chapter 3: The Rejuvenation of Arts and Culture Through Folklore -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Orature as Palimpsests of the Creole Experience -- 3 Tapping the Power of Orature -- 4 Seychellois Orature and Its Origins |
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5 Some Samples of Seychellois Culture and Their Evolution -- 6 Folklore and Seychellois National Identity -- 7 Orature and Folklore as a Source of Modern Culture and Cultural Rejuvenation -- Case Study 1: Seychellois Proverbs -- Case Study 2: Seychellois Riddles -- Case Study 3: Folktales -- Case Study 4: Music -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Valorisation of the Intangible Creole Heritage in Mauritius: A Case Study -- 1 Introduction -- 2 On the Meaning of the Word 'Creole' in the Mauritian Context -- 3 Valorisation of the Creole Heritage by the Colonial Discourse |
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The Pre-independence Period -- The Post-independence Period -- 4 Valorisation of the Creole Heritage by the Postcolonial Discourse -- 5 Valorisation of the Creole Heritage by the Creole Discourse -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5: The Spirit of Koudmen: The Genesis of Identity, Community and Cooperation in Saint Lucian Society -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Culture as a Source of Resistance -- Emancipatory Thought and Practice-Countering Cultural Imperialism -- 3 The Historical Roots of Koudmen -- 4 A Comparative Analysis of Dòkpwê and Koudmen -- Conventional and Contemporary Expressions |
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5 Towards an Indigenous Caribbean Governance Frontier -- References -- Chapter 6: Embodying Creole Heritage: The Dominican Bélé -- 1 Introduction: Understanding the Significance of Creole Performance as Living Cultural Heritage -- 2 Situating Bélé Within Dominica's Creole Heritage -- 3 Multi-perspectival Choreological Analysis of Bélé -- The Space -- Performer -- The Sound -- Movement -- Improvisational Parameters -- 4 The Significance of Bélé as Creole Living Heritage -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Entangled Threads: Creolization of Plants and Landscape |
| Summary |
Exploring diverse topics with specificity and drawing from a refreshingly varied range of contributors, this unique and timely volume serves as a beachhead for further work on the safeguarding of Creole intangible cultural heritage in our changing world.-Jenna Grace Sciuto, author of Policing Intimacy: Law, Sexuality, and the Color Line in Twentieth-Century Hemispheric American Literature This edited collection considers the significance of Creole cultures within current, changing global contexts. With a particular focus on post-colonial Small Island Developing States, it brings together perspectives from academics, policy makers and practitioners including those based in Dominica, St Lucia, Seychelles and Mauritius. Together they provide a rich exploration of issues that arise in relation to safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage that sustains Creole identities. Commencing with considerations of the UNESCO (2003) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), the collection then presents case studies from the Seychelles, Mauritius, St. Lucia and Dominica. These attest to the many and different ways through which Creole cultural practices remain significant to the lived experiences of Creole communities. These chapters exemplify how through activities such as storytelling, singing, dancing, making artworks and the alternative economic practice of koudmen, Creole peoples sustain cultural identities that draw strength from their traditions. Yet there is also recognition of the continual struggle to sustain Creole cultural practices in the face of global economic and political pressures and related uncertainties. This global economic landscape also has an impact upon how Creole cultures are presented to tourists and hence upon the ways in which cultural practices are supported. Violet Cuffy, who tragically passed away in December 2021, held a PhD in Sustainable Tourism Management from the University of Surrey, UK. Violet was Senior Lecture in Events and Tourism Management at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Jane Carr is Head of Academic Studies at Bird College and a member of the Research Institute for Media, Arts and Performance at the University of Bedfordshire, UK |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 27, 2023) |
| Subject |
Cultural property -- Protection.
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Intangible property -- Protection
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Creoles -- Legal status, laws, etc
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Cultural property -- Protection
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cuffy, Violet V., editor.
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Carr, Jane, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783031242755 |
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3031242750 |
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