After the Postcolonial Caribbean : Memory, Imagination, Hope / Brian Meeks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meeks, Brian, author.

Series:

Black critique.

Black Critique Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postcolonialism--Caribbean Area.

Postcolonialism.

Social change--Caribbean Area.

Social change.

Caribbean Area--History--1945-.

Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area--Politics and government--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, [2023]

Summary:

Examines the history, and possible futures, of radical politics in the postcolonial Caribbean.

Contents:

A bend in history's power

Reminiscing in black, gold, and green

Reading the seventies in a different "stylie" : dub, poetry, and the urgency of message

The politics of Edna Manley : a preliminary appraisal

Lamming's politics and the radical Caribbean

Jamaican roads not taken, or a big "what if" in Stuart Hall's life

Beyond neoliberalism's dead end : thinking Caribbean futures through Stuart Hall and The Kilburn Manifesto

Hegemony and the Trumpian moment

Roadblock on Hope Road : the end of imagination and capital's late afternoon

On the question of optimism in troubled times : revolution, tragedy, and possibility in Caribbean history.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Meeks, Brian After the Postcolonial Caribbean

ISBN:

0-7453-4793-2

0-7453-4792-4

OCLC:

1357036317