Archipelagos of Sound

Introduction
Ifeona Fulani

Part 1 From the Postcolonial to the Transnational
The Blackness of Sugar: Celia Cruz and the Performance of (Trans)nationalism
Frances R. Aparicio
Louise Bennett in Performance: Pedagogies of Nation and Gender
Donna Aza Weir-Soley
Between La Habana and Veracruz: Toña la Negra and the Transnational Circuits of Música Tropical
B. Christine Arce

Part 2 Performing/Contesting Identities
Guadaloupean Women Performing Gwo Ka: Island Presences and Transnational Connections
Kathe Managan
Celia’s Shoes
Frances Negrón-Muntaner
Calypso Rose’s Phallic “Palet” and the Sweet Treat of Erotic Aurality
Lyndon K. Gill
“Born in Chanel, Christen in Gucci”: The Rhetoric of Brand Names and Haute Couture in Jamaican Dancehall
Andrea Elizabeth Shaw
The Rhetoric of Hips: Shakira’s Embodiment and the Quest for Caribbean Identity
Nadia Celis

Part 3 at the Diasporic Crossroads
The Black Diaspora North of the Border: Women, Music and Caribbean Culture in Canada
Lisa Tomlinson
Who Is Grace Jones?
Ifeona Fulani
“LADIES A YOUR TIME NOW!”: Erotic Politics, Lovers’ Rock and Resistance in the UK
Lisa Amanda Palmer
From Third Wave to Third World: Lauryn Hill, Educated and Unplugged
Cheryl Sterling
Whose Rihanna?: Diasporic Citizenship and the Economies of Crossing Over
Heather D. Russell
I and Ireland: Reggae and Rastafari in the Work of Sinéad O’Connor
Adam John Waterman

“The global reach and influence of Caribbean musics are remarkable, given the size of the island territories, populations and economies that comprise the region. . . . This global popularity is attributable to the creation, distribution and dispersal of Caribbean musics via commercial, social and cultural vectors that have created archipelagos of sound extending outward from the Caribbean region in all directions. . . . The chapters in the collection span the Caribbean and its diasporas, accenting both relation and diversity, to include writing on artists from Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and the United States.”