Theodicy and Lovindeer’s ‘Wild Gilbert’ on Nicaragua’s Mosquito Coast
This article considers the impact of Lovindeer's reggae recording 'Wild Gilbert' on the people of eastern Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast who experienced Hurricane Joan in October 1988. Lovindeer's song which was released shortly afterwards offered a humorous account of Hurricane...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Suomen antropologi : Suomen Antropologisen Seuran julkaisu = Antropologi i Finland : Antropologiska sällskapet i Finland 2019-02, Vol.43 (2), p.88-91 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article considers the impact of Lovindeer's reggae recording 'Wild Gilbert' on the people of eastern Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast who experienced Hurricane Joan in October 1988. Lovindeer's song which was released shortly afterwards offered a humorous account of Hurricane Gilbert providing a theodicy, examined here that made moral sense for the people of Nicaragua affected by Joan at the time and which was still very popular during the period of my first fieldwork in the early 1990s. |
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| ISSN: | 0355-3930 1799-8972 1799-8972 |
| DOI: | 10.30676/jfas.v43i2.77628 |