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Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context

Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context

Knight, Franklin W.
Martínez-Vergne, Teresita

Paperback

AnthropologyGeneral Political ScienceLatino Studies

ISBN10: 0807856347
ISBN13: 9780807856345
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: Nov 21 2005
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.12 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

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 Benítez-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 Martínez-Vergne, Macalester College
Helen McBain, Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean, Trinidad
Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Columbia University
Valentina Peguero, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Raquel Romberg, Temple University

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