After the Postcolonial Caribbean / by Brian Meeks (1953)

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brian Meeks, author.

Series:

African Diaspora, 1860-Present (Text)

Black Critique

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Political criticism.

Decolonization.

History.

Caribbean Sea.

Local Subjects:

Imperialism and Colonialism.

Political criticism.

Decolonization.

History.

Caribbean Sea.

Genre:

Book

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Pluto Books, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

'A book of rare beauty' - Bill Schwarz, Professor at Queen Mary University of London. Across the Anglophone Caribbean, the great expectations of independence were never met. From Black Power and Jamaican Democratic Socialism to the Grenada Revolution, the radical currents that once animated the region recede into memory. More than half a century later, the likelihood of radical change appears vanishingly small on the horizon. But what were the twists and turns in the postcolonial journey that brought us here? And is there hope yet for the Caribbean to advance towards more just, democratic and empowering futures? After the Postcolonial Caribbean is structured in two parts, 'Remembering', and 'Imagining.' Author Brian Meeks employs a sometimes autobiographical form, drawing on his own memories and experiences of the radical politics and culture of the Caribbean in the decades following the end of colonialism. And he takes inspiration from the likes of Edna Manley, George Lamming and Stuart Hall in reaching towards a new theoretical framework that might help forge new currents of intellectual and political resistance. Meeks concludes by making the case for reestablishing optimism as a necessary cornerstone for any reemergent progressive movement.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed August 26, 2024).

ISBN:

9780745347936

0745347932

9780745347905

0745347908

9780745347929

0745347924