'Play mas': Carnival in the archives and the archives in carnival: Records and community identity in the US Virgin Islands

Archival Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-125

  Bastian, Jeannette A ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Archives; Carnival; Community; Culture; Memory; Performance; Record; Virgin Islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149100458     PISSN: 13890166     EISSN: 15737519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10502-009-9101-6     Document Type: Article

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