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In this brilliantly evocative ethnography, Francio Guadeloupe probes the ethos and attitude created by radio disc jockeys on the binational Caribbean island of Saint Martin/Sint Maarten. Examining the intersection of Christianity, calypso, and capitalism, Guadeloupe shows how a multiethnic and multireligious island nation, where livelihoods depend on tourism, has managed to encourage all social classes to transcend their ethnic and religious differences. In his pathbreaking analysis, Guadeloupe credits the island DJs, whose formulations of Christian faith, musical creativity, and capitalist survival express ordinary people's hopes and fears and promote tolerance.

Ethnology --- Ethnicity --- Anthropology of religion --- Religion and culture --- Disc jockeys --- Music --- Social aspects --- Saint Martin (West Indies) --- Ethnic relations. --- Race relations. --- Social conditions. --- anthropology. --- attitude. --- binational caribbean island. --- calypso. --- capitalism. --- capitalist survival. --- caribbean sea. --- caribbean. --- christian faith. --- christianity. --- cultural studies. --- dj cimarron. --- dj shadow. --- ethnography. --- ethos. --- hip hop music. --- multiethnic island nation. --- multireligious island nation. --- music. --- musical creativity. --- politics. --- radio disc jockey. --- rastafari individuality. --- rastafarian. --- religious anthropology. --- saint martin. --- sint maarten. --- social classes. --- spiritual. --- tolerance. --- tourism.