Overview
Caribbean responses to globalization The Caribbean ranks among the earliest and most completely globalized regions in the world. From the first moment Europeans set foot on the islands to the present, products, people, and ideas have made their way back and forth between the region and other parts of the globe with unequal but inexorable force. An inventory of some of these unprecedented multidirectional exchanges, this volume provides a measure of, as well as a model for, new scholarship on globalization in the region. Ten essays by leading scholars in the field of Caribbean studies identify and illuminate important social and cultural aspects of the region as it seeks to maintain its own identity against the unrelenting pressures of globalization. These essays examine cultural phenomena in their creolized forms - from sports and religion to music and drink - as well as the Caribbean manifestations of more universal trends - from racial inequality and feminist activism to indebtedness and economic uncertainty. Throughout, the volume points to the contending forces of homogeneity and differentiation that define globalization and highlights the growing agency of the Caribbean peoples in the modern world.
Full Product Details
Author: Teresita Martínez-Vergne ,
Teresita Martinez-Vergne
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.457kg
ISBN: 9780807856345
ISBN 10: 0807856347
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 30 November 2005
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A wide-ranging overview of the challenges facing the region today. . . . A welcome assessment of the positive action that is being taken by Caribbean people to reassert their place within a globalizing world. <br> -- The Round Table
The most rewarding aspect of these volumes is that their divergence in orientation raises important questions about the ways we interpret the Caribbean.--Caribbean Studies A wide-ranging overview of the challenges facing the region today. . . . A welcome assessment of the positive action that is being taken by Caribbean people to reassert their place within a globalizing world.--The Round Table Offers many ways to approach contemporary globalization, especially as it is experienced by insular societies with limited natural resources.--New West Indian Guide These original essays . . . offer refreshing new looks into contemporary Caribbean societies regionally, and specifically in the cases of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. Highly recommended.--Choice
Offers many ways to approach contemporary globalization, especially as it is experienced by insular societies with limited natural resources. <br> -- New West Indian Guide
Offers many ways to approach contemporary globalization, especially as it is experienced by insular societies with limited natural resources.--<i>New West Indian Guide</i>
Author Information
FRANKLIN W. KNIGHT is Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University. He has written, edited, or coedited nine books, including The Modern Caribbean. TERESITA MARTINEZ-VERGNE is professor of history at Macalester College. She is author of three other books, including Shaping the Discourse on Space: Charity and its Wards in Nineteenth-Century San Juan, Puerto Rico.
