Author: NORTH AMERICAN GAZETTEERPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The North-American and the West-Indian Gazetteer
Author: NORTH AMERICAN GAZETTEERPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
West Indian Intellectuals in Britain
Author: Bill SchwarzPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719064753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Caribbean migration to Britain brought many new things--new music, new foods, new styles. It brought new ways of thinking too. This lively, innovative book explores the intellectual ideas which the West Indians brought with them to Britain. It shows that for more than a century West Indians living in Britain developed a dazzling intellectual critique of the codes of Imperial Britain. This is the first comprehensive discussion of the major Caribbean thinkers who came to live in twentieth-century Britain. Chapters discuss the influence of, amongst others, C.L.R. James, Una Marson, George Lamming, Jean Rhys, Claude McKay and V.S. Naipaul.
Narratives of Obeah in West Indian Literature
Author: Janelle RodriquesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429998651
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
This book explores representations of Obeah – a name used in the English/Creole-speaking Caribbean to describe various African-derived, syncretic Caribbean religious practices – across a range of prose fictions published in the twentieth century by West Indian authors. In the Caribbean and its diasporas, Obeah often manifests in the casting of spells, the administration of baths and potions of various oils, herbs, roots and powders, and sometimes spirit possession, for the purposes of protection, revenge, health and well-being. In most Caribbean territories, the practice – and practices that may resemble it – remains illegal. Narratives of Obeah in West Indian Literature analyses fiction that employs Obeah as a marker of the Black ‘folk’ aesthetics that are now constitutive of West Indian literary and cultural production, either in resistance to colonial ideology or in service of the same. These texts foreground Obeah as a social and cultural logic both integral to and troublesome within the creation of such a thing as ‘West Indian’ literature and culture, at once a product of and a foil to Caribbean plantation societies. This book explores the presentation of Obeah as an ‘unruly’ narrative subject, one that not only subverts but signifies a lasting ‘Afro-folk’ sensibility within colonial and ‘postcolonial’ writing of the West Indies. Narratives of Obeah in West Indian Literature will be of interest to scholars and students of Caribbean Literature, Diaspora Studies, and African and Caribbean religious studies; it will also contribute to dialogues of spirituality in the wider Black Atlantic.
History of the British West Indies
Author: Sir Alan BurnsPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000857034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
History of the British West Indies (1954) examines the history of the islands of the Caribbean from their first discovery, through the periods of colonisation and slavery, and up to the beginnings of their status as independent nations. The actions of other nations are studied, as well as the British, as the various colonial powers vied for possession of these valuable possessions. Terrible cruelty was inflicted by colonial masters to the indigenous inhabitants, the slaves and indentured labour, and the worst of these are recorded in separate appendices.
Making Men
Author: Belinda EdmondsonPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822322634
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Colonialism left an indelible mark on writers from the Caribbean. Many of the mid-century male writers, on the eve of independence, looked to England for their models. The current generation of authors, many of whom are women, have increasingly looked--and relocated--to the United States. Incorporating postcolonial theory, West Indian literature, feminist theory, and African American literary criticism, Making Men carves out a particular relationship between the Caribbean canon--as represented by C. L. R. James and V. S. Naipaul, among others--and contemporary Caribbean women writers such as Jean Rhys, and Jamaica Kincaid, Paule Marshall, and Michelle Cliff, who now live in the United States. Discussing the canonical Caribbean narrative as it reflects national identity under the domination of English cultural authority, Belinda Edmondson focuses particularly on the pervasive influence of Victorian sensibilities in the structuring of twentieth-century national identity. She shows that issues of race and English constructions of masculinity not only are central to West Indian identity but also connect Caribbean authorship to the English literary tradition. This perspective on the origins of West Indian literary nationalism then informs Edmondson's search for female subjectivity in current literature by West Indian women immigrants in America. Making Men compares the intellectual exile of men with the economic migration of women, linking the canonical male tradition to the writing of modern West Indian women and exploring how the latter write within and against the historical male paradigm in the continuing process of national definition. With theoretical claims that invite new discourse on English, Caribbean, and American ideas of exile, migration, race, gender identity, and literary authority, Making Men will be informative reading for those involved with postcolonial theory, African American and women's studies, and Caribbean literature.
National Geographic Traveler - The Caribbean
Author: Emma StanfordPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426217099
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
For travellers to the Caribbean by cruise or small ship, this beautifully illustrated guidebook covers ports of call, large and small, on islands throughout the Caribbean. You'll find vital information to help you make the most of stops at each port city, including how to get to the sights from the port, what to see in a short amount of time ashore, and how to avoid pricey excursions. This guidebook begins with an absorbing history and culture chapter detailing the region's fascinating history as a crucible of colonial trade, piracy, and slavery, and its subsequent development into one of the most popular tourist destinations on Earth. At the end of every port description, you'll receive invaluable need-to-know information on each place on your itinerary. A handy Travelwise section includes restaurants as well as don't-miss festivals, the best shopping venues, and information on both cultural events and outdoor activities that will help you plan ahead for your Caribbean trip of a lifetime. You don't have to be on a cruise ship to use this fact-filled guide. Independent sailors and land lovers alike will also benefit from its invaluable information.
Eric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean
Author: Colin A. PalmerPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807829870
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Colin Palmer presents a guide to understanding the influential West Indian scholar and politician, Eric Williams.
On the West Indian Species of the Genus Certhiola Or Coereba
Author: Charles Barney CoryBibliographies
Author: Royal Commonwealth Society. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Development and Welfare in the West Indies
Author: Development and Welfare Organization in the West Indies (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description