Focus Caribbean The Contemporary Caribbean
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Focus Caribbean The Contemporary Caribbean
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Author : Sidney Wilfred Mintz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Focus Caribbean The Contemporary Caribbean written by Sidney Wilfred Mintz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Caribbean Area categories.
The Contemporary Caribbean
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Author : Gordon K. Lewis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
The Contemporary Caribbean written by Gordon K. Lewis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Caribbean Area categories.
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 Modern Caribbean
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Author : Franklin W. Knight
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2014-07-01
The Modern Caribbean written by Franklin W. Knight and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-01 with History categories.
This collection of thirteen original essays by experts in the field of Caribbean studies clarifies the diverse elements that have shaped the modern Caribbean. Through an interdisciplinary examination of the complexities of race, politics, language, and environment that mark the region, the authors offer readers a thorough understanding of the Caribbean's history and culture. The essays also comment thoughtfully on the problems that confront the Caribbean in today's world. The essays focus on the Caribbean island and the mainland enclaves of Belize and the Guianas. Topics examined include the Haitian Revolution of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; labor and society in the nineteenth-century Caribbean; society and culture in the British and French West Indies since 1870; identity, race, and black power in Jamaica; the "February Revolution" of 1970 in Trinidad; contemporary Puerto Rico; politics, economy, and society in twentieth-century Cuba; Spanish Caribbean politics and nationalism in the nineteenth century; Caribbean migrations; economic history of the British Caribbean; international relations; and nationalism, nation, and ideology in the evolution of Caribbean literature. The authors trace the historical roots of current Caribbean difficulties and analyze these problems in the light of economic, political, and social developments. Additionally, they explore these conditions in relation to United States interests and project what may lie ahead for the region. The challenges currently facing the Caribbean, note the editors, impose a heavy burden upon political leaders who must struggle "to eliminate the tensions when the people are so poor and their expectations so great." The contributors are Herman L. Bennett, Bridget Brereton, David Geggus, Franklin W. Knight, Anthony P. Maingot, Jay R. Mandle, Roberto Marquez, Teresita Martinez Vergne, Colin A. Palmer, Bonham C. Richardson, Franciso A. Scarano, and Blanca G. Silvestrini.
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.
Beyond Representation in Contemporary Caribbean Art offers an innovative and systematic analysis of contemporary Caribbean art practices in the Francophone, Anglophone, and Hispanic Caribbean. Focusing on a broad range of artistic projects, the book assesses the potential of visual creativity to outline a unique approach to Caribbean visual practices based on individual and collective agency.
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.
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.
Island Paradise The Myth
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Author : Melanie A. Murray
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Island Paradise The Myth written by Melanie A. Murray and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
A colonial discourse has perpetuated the literary notion of islands as paradisal. This study explores how the notions of island paradise have been represented in European literature, the oral and literary indigenous traditions of the Caribbean and Sri Lanka, a colonial literary influence in these islands, and the literary experience after independence in these nations. Persistent themes of colonial narratives foreground the aesthetic and ignore the workforce in a representation of island space as idealized, insular, and vulnerable to conquest; an ideal space for management and control. English landscape has been replicated in islands through literature and in reality – the ‘Great House’ being an ideological symbol of power. Island Paradise: The Myth investigates how these entrenched notions of paradise, which islands have traditionally represented metonymically, are contested in the works of four postcolonial authors: Jamaica Kincaid, Lawrence Scott, Romesh Gunesekera, and Jean Arasanayagam, from the island nations of the Caribbean and Sri Lanka. It analyzes texts which focus on gardens, island space, and houses to examine how these motifs are used to re-vision colonial/contested sites. This book examines the relationship between landscape and identity and, with reference to Homi K. Bhabha, considers how these writers offer an alternative space for negotiating the ambivalence of hybridity.
Contemporary Caribbean Cultures And Societies In A Global Context
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Author : Franklin W. Knight
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Contemporary Caribbean Cultures And Societies In A Global Context written by Franklin W. Knight and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Antilles, Greater categories.
Caribbean peoples have a long history of connections, often painful ones, with people from all over the globe and especially from European colonial nations and the United States. Since the advent of globalization - the name given to the unprecedented multidirectional transfer of products, people and ideas over the past several decades - the region's struggle to articulate its own identity has sharpened. In addition, say Knight and Martinez-Vergne, scholars and policy makers of the Caribbean feel an increasing urgency to redefine the terms of their analyses of the region. This multidisciplinary collection of ten essays commissioned expressly for this book is aimed at identifying and illuminating important social and cultural aspects of the Caribbean region as its peoples and nations navigate the global context that increasingly inscribes their future. The volume takes a twofold approach. First, it provides case studies that illuminate important phenomena especially sensitive to globalization - the influence and diffusion of currents of thought, ideology and culture, for example, or the movements of goods and populations in a world market. Second, it provides a measure of and model for new scholarship on the region. The contributions range from an economist's view of the challenge to Caribbean economies in the era of globalization to a cultural critic's assessment of creolization in Havana, from a sociologist's analysis of the relationship between nationalism and race in Puerto Rican boxing to a cultural historian's study of identity as manifested in Jamaican reggae. Throughout, the volume is focused on highlighting the regional manifestations of forces resulting from globalization, thegrowing agency of the Caribbean peoples in the modern world, and the delicate balance between homogeneity and difference among residents of the region.
Small Islands Large Questions
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Author : Karen Fog Olwig
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-14
Small Islands Large Questions written by Karen Fog Olwig and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-14 with Political Science categories.
This book focuses on the post-emancipation period in the Caribbean and how local societies dealt with the new socio-economic conditions. Scholars from Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, England, Denmark and The Netherlands link this era with the contemporary Caribbean.