00869nam a2200145Ia 4500 20260716043202.0 05.05.03 M231 Maison Bishop, Carole Gender and musical performance : the female calypso singer in the Caribbean WAND St. MichaelBB 1995 13 p. Looks at the central role women played as performers in the formative years of the calypso i.e. in the early part of the 19th century and records their near disapperarnce from the genre by the end of that century. Discusses how the content of the calypso has 'mirrored' gender relations in the society and examines the motivations underlying the decision of current women calypsonians to enter an occupation that had become so male-identified and their experience in the calypso industry. 3/7/00 M2LMGR M M231 42072 42072