The Calypso Craze: Claiming Authenticity and Performing Blackness, 1940s-1950s

This article examines the midcentury calypso craze in the United States as a revealing case study of racial dynamics in American popular music. It argues that as calypso was popularized and commodified for American audiences, its specific Caribbean origins were displaced by a manufactured authentici...

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Publicado no:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas,
Autor principal: Ballengee, Christopher
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado em: European journal of American studies 2026
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Acesso em linha:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM

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