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Creole Cultures, Vol. 1

Safeguarding Creole Intangible Cultural Heritage

Produktform: Buch / Einband - fest (Hardcover)

Commencing with considerations of the UNESCO (2003) Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) for Creole heritage, the collection then presents case studies from the Seychelles, Mauritius, St. Lucia and Dominica. These attest to the many and different ways through which Creole cultural practices remain significant to the lived experiences of Creole communities. These chapters exemplify how through activities such as storytelling, singing, dancing, making artworks and the alternative economic practice of koudmenCreole peoples sustain cultural identities that draw strength from their traditions. Yet there is also recognition of the continual struggle to sustain Creole cultural practices in the face of global economic and political pressures and related uncertainties. This global economic landscape also has an impact upon how Creole cultures are presented to tourists and hence upon the ways in which cultural practices are supported.  weiterlesen

Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-3-031-24274-8 / 978-3031242748 / 9783031242748

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Erscheinungsdatum: 15.11.2023

Seiten: 202

Auflage: 1

Herausgegeben von Violet Cuffy, Jane Carr

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