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Bibliography on Carnival in Latin America and the Caribbean

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The Latin American Library (LAL) holds hundreds of books about Carnival in its circulating collections on the 4th floor of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library. Coverage spans Latin America and the Caribbean in all the languages of the region. The slides below offer a sense of the depth of the LAL's circulating Carnival collections.

All books are cataloged in Library Search. Email LAL@tulane.edu for research assistance. 

Circulating Collections: Featured Items

Góes, Fred de. Brasil, mostra a sua mascara. Rio de Janeiro: Lingua Geral, 2007. Latin American Library GT4233 .A2 B73 2007

Verba, Daniel. Trinidad: Carnaval, Steelbands, Calypso. Paris: Editions Alternatives, 1995. Latin American Library GT4229 .T7 V47 1995.

Tejeda Ortiz, Juan Dagoberto. El carnaval dominicano: antecedentes, tendencias y perspectivas. República Dominicana: Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia, 2008. Latin American Library GT4229 .D65 T449 2008
 

Tcherassi B., Samuel David. Carnaval de Barranquilla: la Danza de Congo. Barranquilla: s.n., 2012. Latin American Library GT4235 .B37 T349 2012

Riggio Milla Cozart. Carnival: Culture in Action: The Trinidad Experience. New York: Routledge, 2004. Latin American Library GT4229 .T7 C37 2004. 

Nunes, Maria. In a World of Their Own: Carnival Dreamers & Makers. Trinidad and Tobago: Robert & Christopher Publishers, 2018. Latin American Library GT4229.T7 N864 2018

Innes, Christopher. Carnival: theory and practice. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2013. Latin American Library GT4180 .C29 2013.
 

Guitiérrez G., José Luís. Carnavales en Ayacucho: alegría y color en los Andes. Ayacucho: Peru: Producciones Estratégicas, 2014.  GT4239.A92 G88 2014

González Pérez, Marcos. Carnavales y nación: estudios sobre Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba y Venezuela. Bogotá. Colombia: Intercultura Colombia, 2014. Latin American Library GT4213.5 .C37 2014

Abréu F., César Arturo, et. al. Interrogantes Del Carnaval Vegano: Tres Versiones. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: La Z-101, 2011. Latin American Library GT4229 .D65 A27 2011

Farkas, João Paulo. Caretas de Maragojipe. Saõ Paulo, Brazil: Instituto Olga Kos de Inclusão Cultural, 2018. Latin American Library GT4233.A4 M37 2018.

Espinosa-Patrón, Alejandro. Lexicón del Carnaval Barranquilla. Barranquilla, Colombia: Editorial Uniautónoma, 2010. Latin American Library GT4235 .B37 E86 2010.

Espino V., Rolando. Historia del carnaval de la Ciudad de Panamá a través de sus reinas, 1910-2017. Panama, 2017. Latin American Library GT4021 .A2 E78 2017

Cruz, Roberto Moreira S. Carne vale: o imaginário carnavalesco na cultura brasileira. São Paulo: SESI-SP Editora, 2015. Latin American Library GT4233 .A2 C367 2015

Cunha, Milton. Carnaval é cultura: poética e técnica no fazer escola de samba. São Paulo: Editora Senac São Paulo, 2015. Latin American Library GT4233 .A2 C86 2015

La serpiente festiva: 17 años de comparsa bogotana. Bogotá: Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá, D.C., Bogotá Humana, 2012.  Latin American Library GT4235 .B6 S47 2012
 

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