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Trajectories of freedom : Caribbean societies, 1807-2007 / edited by Alan Cobley and Victor C. Simpson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West Indies--History.
- West Indies.
- West Indies--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (212 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- This book, edited by Alan Cobley and Victor C. Simpson, examines the evolving notions and expressions of 'freedom' in Caribbean societies from 1807 to 2007. It presents a collection of papers from a conference held at the University of the West Indies, exploring political, cultural, and social dimensions of freedom across the Anglophone, Francophone, and Hispanic Caribbean. The topics include historical trajectories of freedom, cultural expressions, gender issues, and the impact of language and education. The work aims to provoke discussion on the unfulfilled promises of emancipation and independence, highlighting the ongoing struggles for true freedom and equality in the Caribbean. It is intended for scholars, students, and anyone interested in Caribbean history and culture. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Intro
- INTRODUCTION
- Victor C. Simpson and Alan Cobley
- PART 1
- HISTORY AND POLITICS
- Different Trajectories of Freedom in the Anglophone Caribbean
- Bridget Brereton
- Tropical Libertarians
- Anarchist Networks in the Circum-Caribbean, 1900-1915
- Kirwin R. Shaffer
- Eric Williams and the Labour Movement in Trinidad and Tobago
- Jerome Teelucksingh
- PART 2
- LITERATURE AND PERFORMANCE
- Dominica as Spiritual Landscape
- Representations of Nature in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea and Marie-Elena John's Unburnable
- Ena Harris
- Independence or Nationalism?
- A Fresh Look at Andreu Iglesias's Los derrotados
- Victor C. Simpson
- Performative Bondage
- Caryl Phillips's Dancing in the Dark
- Agnel Barron
- Freedom of the Spirit and African Cultural Retentions
- The Case of East Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Sandra Gift and Oba Kenyatta Omowale Kiteme
- Myth and Ritual in Hosay, Ramleela and Carnival as Expressions of a Vibrant Caribbean Culture
- Edith Pérez Sisto
- PART 3
- EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE
- Museum Education as a Means to Promote Equal Opportunities
- Hilde Neus van der Putten
- Can u assist me?
- Help Needed with Students' Use of Standard English
- Kelvin Quintyne
- Language, Identity and Freedom
- A Creole Perspective
- Hazel Simmons-McDonald
- PART 4
- GENDER
- Exploring Representations of Gender and Sexuality in (Jamaican) Dancehall Popular Culture
- The Search for a Method
- Agostinho M.N. Pinnock
- The Twenty-first-Century Caribbean Woman's Question
- What Is the Meaning of Freedom?
- April Bernard
- CONTRIBUTORS.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
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- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789766404888
- 9766404887
- OCLC:
- 1333444334
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