Beneath the Mask: Baby Dolls, Protest, and the Politics of Black Female Performance in Trinidad Carnival and New Orleans Mardi Gras
To mark Black History Month, in this blog - the first in "Feminist Dissertating", a year-round dossier showcasing undergraduate dissertation projects on gender and sexuality studies - Olivia Norbury summarises her research on Black working-class women in Trinidad and New Orleans reclaiming Carnival through subversive performance, challenging colonial power structures, gendered violence, and historical erasure.
