"Come to life": Authenticity, value, and the carnival as cultural commodity in Trinidad and Tobago

Identities

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 203-224

  Green, Garth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; HERITAGE TOURISM; MARKETING; NATIONALISM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 34347208313     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890601102670     Document Type: Article

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