The Caribana Parade: Storming and Issues of Power and Control

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dc.contributor.advisorCrichlow, Warren
dc.contributor.advisorMarchessault, Janine
dc.contributor.advisorFord-Smith, Honor
dc.contributor.authorGomez, Henry
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-06T12:41:24Z
dc.date.available2021-07-06T12:41:24Z
dc.date.copyright2020-12
dc.date.issued2021-07-06
dc.date.updated2021-07-06T12:41:24Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe parade is the highlight of the Toronto Carnival/Caribana festival, which has become an important part of Torontos and Canadas identity; but for more than twenty years it has been affected by storming, an act of transgression in which mostly young male individuals breach fences and security along the route to participate for free in the official parade. Their interaction with the scantily clad female masqueraders produce tensions and unwanted conflicts in the space. This study assesses the dynamics of storming and its impact on various positionalities in and outside the parade. The study draws on ethnographic interviews with stormers and female masqueraders, in addition to participant observation, informal conversations and archival research to complete this analysis. Through the lens of Carnival and Performance Theory, it interrogates issues of spatialization, power relations, cultural commodification, and other factors that make the parade a site of contestation in a post-1991 era.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38427
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectSocial research
dc.subject.keywordsCaribana
dc.subject.keywordsethnography
dc.subject.keywordscultural anthropology
dc.subject.keywordscalypso
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.subject.keywordsmas
dc.subject.keywordsmasquerade
dc.subject.keywordsCaribbean
dc.subject.keywordsTrinidad and Tobago
dc.subject.keywordssoca
dc.subject.keywordscarnival
dc.subject.keywordsperformance studies
dc.subject.keywordssteelpan
dc.subject.keywordsmusic
dc.subject.keywordsbacchanal
dc.subject.keywordsToronto
dc.subject.keywordstheatre of the streets
dc.subject.keywordscarnivalesque
dc.subject.keywordsgrotesque
dc.subject.keywordsBakhtin
dc.subject.keywordsjour ouvert
dc.subject.keywordscarne vale.
dc.titleThe Caribana Parade: Storming and Issues of Power and Control
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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