University Press of Mississippi One Grand Noise: Boxing Day in the Anglicized Caribbean World (Caribbean Studies Series)

Review In One Grand Noise: Boxing Day in the Anglicized Caribbean World, Jerrilyn McGregory brings together rich scholarship on Boxing Day and carnivalesque events in the Black Atlantic, providing a complete, holistic view of traditional and emergent festivities in a very rich cultural region of the world.--Jack Santino, author of Public Performances: Studies in the Carnivalesque and RitualesqueUtilizing well over a decade of travel, Jerrilyn McGregory chronicles Anglican Caribbean festival and performative events that have been underdocumented in African diaspora performance studies. Focusing on Boxing Day and Christmas week festivities, McGregory broadens discussions of Carnival and the carnivalesque, placing Anglican Caribbean traditions in historical context while exploring how these performances help form national identity.--Anita Gonzalez, coeditor of Performance, Dance and Political Economy: Bodies at the End of the World Product Description null About the Author Jerrilyn McGregory is professor of English at Florida State University. She is author of One Grand Noise: Boxing Day in the Anglicized Caribbean World, Wiregrass Country, and Downhome Gospel: African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country, all published by University Press of Mississippi.