The Cultural Work

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The Cultural Work is written by Corinna Campbell and published by Wesleyan University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0819579564 (ISBN 10) and 9780819579560 (ISBN 13).

How do people in an intensely multicultural city live alongside one another while maintaining clear boundaries? This question is at the core of The Cultural Work, which illustrates how the Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves) of Suriname and French Guiana, on the northern coast of South America, have used culture-representational performance to sustain their communities within Paramaribo, the capital. Focusing on three collectives known locally as "cultural groups," which specialize in the music and dance traditions of the Maroons, it marks a vital contribution to knowledge about the cultural map of the African diaspora in South America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.