{"product_id":"masquerade-politics-explorations-in-the-structure-of-urban-cultural-movements-hardcover","title":"Masquerade Politics: Explorations in the Structure of Urban Cultural Movements - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAbner Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarnival, that image of sensuous frivolity, is shown by Abner Cohen to be a masquerade for the dynamic relations between culture and politics. His masterful study details the transformation of a local, polyethnic London fair to a massive, exclusively West Indian carnival, known as \"Europe's biggest street festival,\" which in 1976 occasioned a bloody confrontation between black youth and the police and which has since become a fiercely contested cultural event.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCohen contrasts the development of the London carnival with the development of other carnivalesque movements, including the Renaissance Pleasure Faire of California. His valuable analysis of these relatively little-explored urban cultural movements advances further the theoretical formulations developed in his previous studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 'good read, ' and at the same time an outstanding and well-balanced theoretical contribution to current debates about the relation of art to politics.--Frederick G. Bailey, University of California, San Diego\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbner Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of London. California published three of his earlier books: \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Elite Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), \u003ci\u003eTwo-Dimensional Man\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), and \u003ci\u003eCustom and Politics in Urban Africa\u003c\/i\u003e (1969).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.81 x 5.75 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45053658628235,"sku":"9780520078383","price":132.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/WVFOcm9RRkZZdlFvL2F3RzBrVCttdz09.webp?v=1767178513","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/masquerade-politics-explorations-in-the-structure-of-urban-cultural-movements-hardcover","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}