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A history of the midcentury calypso craze, which, in the wake of Belafonte's Calypso, saw a brief moment when calypso was more popular than the new genre of rock.

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"Stolen Time provides the first book-length study of the black calypso craze, breaking new and important scholarly ground. Meticulously researched, clearly written, and forcefully argued, Stolen Time demonstrates how mass culture expands conceptions of black freedom and possibility.Vogel provides original insight to the calypso craze while advancing existing conversations in black cultural, literary, and performance studies about mid-twentieth-century popular culturalproduction. Essential reading."--Soyica Colbert, Georgetown University "One of the boldest and most original studies of race and transnational mass culture in recent memory. Stolen Time promises to break wide open new directions in performance studies, cultural studies, black diaspora studies, and beyond."--Daphne Brooks, author of Bodies in Dissent

Stolen Time

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/08/2018
      ISBN13: 9780226568300, 978-0226568300
      ISBN10: 022656830X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A history of the midcentury calypso craze, which, in the wake of Belafonte's Calypso, saw a brief moment when calypso was more popular than the new genre of rock.

      Trade Review
      "Stolen Time provides the first book-length study of the black calypso craze, breaking new and important scholarly ground. Meticulously researched, clearly written, and forcefully argued, Stolen Time demonstrates how mass culture expands conceptions of black freedom and possibility.Vogel provides original insight to the calypso craze while advancing existing conversations in black cultural, literary, and performance studies about mid-twentieth-century popular culturalproduction. Essential reading."--Soyica Colbert, Georgetown University "One of the boldest and most original studies of race and transnational mass culture in recent memory. Stolen Time promises to break wide open new directions in performance studies, cultural studies, black diaspora studies, and beyond."--Daphne Brooks, author of Bodies in Dissent

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