Contemporary Caribbean
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The Contemporary Caribbean
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Author : Robert B. Potter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-07-17
The Contemporary Caribbean written by Robert B. Potter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-17 with Science categories.
This text focuses on the contemporary economic, social, geographical, environmental and political realities of the Caribbean region. Historical aspects of the Caribbean, such as slavery, the plantation system and plantocracy are explored in order to explain the contemporary nature of, and challenges faced by, the Caribbean. The book is divided into three parts, dealing respectively with: the foundations of the Caribbean, rural and urban bases of the contemporary Caribbean, and global restructuring and the Caribbean: industry, tourism and politics.
The Contemporary Caribbean
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Author : Olwyn M. Blouet
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2007-04-16
The Contemporary Caribbean written by Olwyn M. Blouet and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-16 with History categories.
When Americans seek an escape from the worries and dilemmas of everyday life, the crystal blue waters and white sands of the Caribbean islands seem like the answer to a prayer. Yet this image of a tourist’s paradise hides a tumultuous history marked by strife and division over race, political power, and economic inequality. Olwyn Blouet explores the story of “the Caribbean” over the last 50 years, revealing it to be a region positioned at the heart of some the most prominent geopolitical issues of modern times. Navigating a rich mélange of cultures and histories, Blouet unearths a complex narrative that is frequently overlooked in histories of the Americas. In stark contrast to widely-read guidebooks, this chronicle unflinchingly probes two strikingly different worlds in the Caribbean islands—those of the haves and the have-nots—created by the volatile mixture of colonial politics, racial segregation, and economic upheaval. The strategic political relations between Caribbean nations, Cuba in particular, and the world powers during the Cold War; the economic transformations instigated by tourism; and the modernizing efforts of Caribbean nations in order to meet the demands of a globalizing twenty-first century market are among the numerous issues explored by Blouet in her efforts to redress the historical record’s imbalance. The Contemporary Caribbean also explores the proud histories of the region's many nations in sports such as cricket and baseball, as well as their famed cuisines, and the uneasy balance today between local traditions and the vestiges of colonial influence.
Contemporary Caribbean Cultures And Societies In A Global Context
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Author : Franklin W. Knight
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2006-05-18
Contemporary Caribbean Cultures And Societies In A Global Context written by Franklin W. Knight and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-05-18 with Social Science categories.
The Caribbean ranks among the earliest and most completely globalized regions in the world. From the first moment Europeans set foot on the islands to the present, products, people, and ideas have made their way back and forth between the region and other parts of the globe with unequal but inexorable force. An inventory of some of these unprecedented multidirectional exchanges, this volume provides a measure of, as well as a model for, new scholarship on globalization in the region. Ten essays by leading scholars in the field of Caribbean studies identify and illuminate important social and cultural aspects of the region as it seeks to maintain its own identity against the unrelenting pressures of globalization. These essays examine cultural phenomena in their creolized forms--from sports and religion to music and drink--as well as the Caribbean manifestations of more universal trends--from racial inequality and feminist activism to indebtedness and economic uncertainty. Throughout, the volume points to the contending forces of homogeneity and differentiation that define globalization and highlights the growing agency of the Caribbean peoples in the modern world. Contributors: Antonio Benitez-Rojo (1931-2004) Alex Dupuy, Wesleyan University Juan Flores, City University of New York Graduate Center Jorge L. Giovannetti, University of Puerto Rico Aline Helg, University of Geneva Franklin W. Knight, The Johns Hopkins University Anthony P. Maingot, Florida International University Teresita Martinez-Vergne, Macalester College Helen McBain, Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean, Trinidad Frances Negron-Muntaner, Columbia University Valentina Peguero, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Raquel Romberg, Temple University
Understanding The Contemporary Caribbean
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Author : Richard S. Hillman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Understanding The Contemporary Caribbean written by Richard S. Hillman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Caribbean Area categories.
Designed to enhance readers' comprehension and appreciation of the traditions, influences, and common themes underlying the many differences within this complex region, this volume ranges in coverage from history to economics and politics, from the environment to ethnicity, from religion to the Caribbean diaspora.
Beyond Representation In Contemporary Caribbean Art
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Author : Carlos Garrido Castellano
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-03
Beyond Representation In Contemporary Caribbean Art written by Carlos Garrido Castellano and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-03 with Art categories.
The Caribbean has been traditionally associated with externally devised mappings and categories, thus appearing as a passive entity to be consumed and categorized. Challenging these forces and representations, Carlos Garrido Castellano argues that something more must be added to the discussion in order to address contemporary Caribbean visual creativity. Beyond Representation in Contemporary Caribbean Art arises from several years of field research and curatorial activity in museums, universities, and cultural institutions of Jamaica, Trinidad, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the United States. This book explores the ways in which Caribbean individuals and communities have recurred to art and visual creativity to create and sustain public spaces of discussion and social interaction. The book analyzes contemporary Caribbean art in relation to broader discussions of citizenship, cultural agency, critical geography, migration, and social justice. Covering a broad range of artistic projects, including curatorial practice, socially engaged art, institutional politics, public art, and performance, this book is about the imaginative ways in which Caribbean subjects and communities rearrange the sociocultural framework(s) they inhabit and share.
Infinite Island
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Author : Annie Paul
language : en
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Release Date : 2007-08-15
Infinite Island written by Annie Paul and has been published by Philip Wilson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-15 with Art categories.
"The artists represented in this book reflect the region's hybrid culture and offer competing ideas about Caribbean identity in a variety of works done in the last six years in a wide range of media. Two introductory essays by contemporary-art historians survey the themes treated by the artists and offer insights into the different traditions and contemporary-art scenes in the region. The book contains 200 colour illustrations, including a colorplate section complemented by commentaries that place the individual works in the context of each artist's oeuvre. Artist biographies and a selected bibliography complete the volume."--BOOK JACKET.
The Contemporary Caribbean
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Author : Clinton L. Beckford
language : en
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Release Date : 2018-09-13
The Contemporary Caribbean written by Clinton L. Beckford and has been published by Nova Science Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-13 with BUSINESS & ECONOMICS categories.
The Contemporary Caribbean: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities explores a number of contemporary issues facing the Caribbean, which will be of broad interest to a regional and global audience. The book is written from multiple academic perspectives, but with a strong focus on social sciences.The book will be of interest to a wide and diverse global audience interested in the Caribbean and small island developing states, including:* university professors* researchers and scholars* university students* agricultural scientists and practitioners* agricultural policy-makersThis book is important in adding to the slowly expanding literature on the Caribbean. The contributors are Caribbeanists - researchers and scholars who have conducted extensive research in the region in their chosen fields and are thus experts in their fields. The perspectives they share are thus considered and evidenced-based, framed by their extensive knowledge of the regional context, and argued with regional nuance. It is hoped that readers will find this book insightful, and interesting. Two assessments by Caribbean scholars underscore the value of this volume at this time.
Phonographic Memories
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Author : Njelle W. Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2019-05-03
Phonographic Memories written by Njelle W. Hamilton and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-03 with Literary Criticism categories.
Phonographic Memories is the first book-length analysis of Caribbean popular music in the Caribbean novel. Tracing a region-wide poetics that attends to the centrality of Caribbean music in retrieving and replaying personal and cultural memories, Hamilton offers a fresh perspective on musical nationalism and nostalgic memory in the era of globalization.
Contemporary Caribbean
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Author : Susan Craig
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Contemporary Caribbean written by Susan Craig and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Caribbean Area categories.
Research papers, social research, sociological aspects, social change, Caribbean - covers historical background, population growth, massive migration; social class, race, agrarian structure, agrarian reform, peasant movements, social structure, developments within the working class, trade unionism; political ideologies and domination of the upper class in Caribbean societys. Bibliography, graphs, statistical tables.
Indigenous Resurgence In The Contemporary Caribbean
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Author : Maximilian Christian Forte
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2006
Indigenous Resurgence In The Contemporary Caribbean written by Maximilian Christian Forte and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Views of the modern Caribbean have been constructed by a fiction of the absent aboriginal. Yet, all across the Caribbean Basin, individuals and communities are reasserting their identities as indigenous peoples, from Carib communities in the Lesser Antilles, the Garifuna of Central America, and the Taíno of the Greater Antilles, to members of the Caribbean diaspora. Far from extinction, or permanent marginality, the region is witnessing a resurgence of native identification and organization. This is the only volume to date that focuses concerted attention on a phenomenon that can no longer be ignored. Territories covered include Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Puerto Rican diaspora. Writing from a range of contemporary perspectives on indigenous presence, identities, the struggle for rights, relations with the nation-state, and globalization, fourteen scholars, including four indigenous representatives, contribute to this unique testament to cultural survival. This book will be indispensable to students of Caribbean history and anthropology, indigenous studies, ethnicity, and globalization.
