Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Map of the Bahamas xvii
6. 1. Nassau’s Gone Funky: Sounding Some Themes in Bahamian Music 1
7. 2. “Muddy da Water”: Provincializing the Center, or Recentering the Periphery through Rake-n-Scrape 32
8. 3. “Calypso Island”: Exporting the Local, Particularizing the Region, and Developing the Sounds of Goombay 79
9. 4. “Gone ta Bay”: Institutionalizing Junkanoo, Festivalizing the Nation 115
10. 5. “A New Day Dawning”: Cosmopolitanism, Roots, and Identity in the Postcolony 168
11. 6. “Back to the Island”: Travels in Paradox—Creating the Future-Past 216
12. Epilogue 265
13. Notes 269
14. Bibliography 291
15. Index 305