Consuming the Caribbean : from Arawaks to zombies / Mimi Sheller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheller, Mimi.

Series:

International library of sociology.

International library of sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Consumption (Economics).

Exploitation.

Exports--Caribbean Area.

Exports.

Caribbean Area--Commerce--Moral and ethical aspects.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

ix, 252 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From sugar to indentured labourers, tobacco to reggae music, Europe and North America have been relentlessly consuming the Caribbean and its assets for the past five hundred years. In this fascinating book, Mimi Sheller explores this troublesome history, investigating the complex mobilities of producers and consumers, of material and cultural commodities, including: foodstuffs and stimulants - sugar, fruit, coffee and rum human bodies - slaves, indentured labourers and service workers cultural and knowledge products - texts, music, scientific collections and ethnology entire 'natures' and landscapes consumed by tourists as tropical paradise. Consuming the Caribbean demonstrates how colonial exploitation of the Caribbean led directly to contemporary forms of consumption of the region and its products. It calls into question innocent indulgence in the pleasures of thoughtless consumption and calls for a global ethics of consumer responsibility.

Contents:

chapter Introduction

part Part I Natural and material mobilities

chapter 1 The binding mobilities of consumption

chapter 2 Iconic islands

Nature, landscape, and the tropical tourist gaze

chapter 3 Tasting the Tropics

From sweet tooth to banana wars

part Part II Bodies and cultural hybridities

chapter 4 Orienting the Caribbean

When East is West

chapter 5 Eating others

Of cannibals, vampires, and zombies

chapter 6 Creolization in global culture.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-51677-0

0-415-25759-X

1-280-07142-7

1-134-51678-9

0-203-41794-1

9780203417942

OCLC:

437084438