Roper,Garnett L. (Editor) and Middleton,J. Richard (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
222 p., Here a group of evangelical Caribbean theologians discuss how the gospel addresses the Caribbean context. They are joined by other theologians from mainline Protestant and Catholic traditions in the Caribbean. The result is an ecumenical dialogue on the diverse ways in which orthodox Christian faith may provide both challenge and hope for the Caribbean context. Half the essays in this volume were originally presented at the Forum on Caribbean Theology held in 2010 at the Jamaica Theological Seminary; the rest were invited especially for this volume.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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704 p., Comprehensive reference to a range of musical styles, from Bailanta to Bossa Nova and from Salsa to Ska. It includes discussions on cultural, historical and geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation and use of voice; typical features of performance and presentation; and, relationships to other genres and sub-genres.
Special journal issue., 211 p., During the colonial era, after abolition of slavery in 1833, the British faced extreme shortage of labor for sugar plantation in their sugar producing colonies of the Caribbean. To overcome this problem, over half a million Indians were transported to the region as indentured workers (often called as Indian coolies) with false hopes and promises.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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517 p., Focuses on the period after the Second World War, when a significant number of Caribbean countries gained their independence, and the character of the region's post-colonial politics had become clear. The survey of political thought in this collection is divided into four sections: theories of the post-colonial state, theorizing post-colonial citizenship, Caribbean regionalism and political culture.
Adekunle,Julius (Editor) and Williams,Hettie V. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
334 p., A volume of 16 essays analyzing the issues of blackness and identity of the African Diaspora in global perspective. Focuses on the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
Lalla,Barbara (Editor), Roberts,Nicole (Editor), Walcott-Hackshaw,Elizabeth (Editor), and Youssef,Valerie (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
287 p., The authors consider the distinctive needs of research in Caribbean literature, language and culture and focus on honing research methods relevant to Caribbean material and with the insights of the Caribbean experience. The essays in the first part, Research Methodology, examine conceptual frames, data collection, and application and analysis of research. The second part details the research process, from proposal to proofreading. Throughout, the authors emphasize a Caribbean approach that is engaged with and aware of a range of existing theories but does not uncritically adopt external frameworks that are inadequate for a rounded Caribbean critical practice.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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425 p., An anthology focusing on the musical cultures of the "northern sphere" of Latin America, specifically Mexico, the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, and parts of Central America.
Cummins,Alissandra (Editor), Farmer,Kevin (Editor), and Russell,Roslyn (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
275 p, Explores the evolution of Caribbean museums from colonial-era institutions that supported imperialistic goals to today's museums that aim to recover submerged or marginalized histories, assert national identities and celebrate cultural diversity. Museologists from across the region and internationally address the challenges faced by museums in the Caribbean, both historically and in the contemporary setting.
English; Majority of papers in English; one in Spanish.
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Willemstad, Curaçao; San Juan, Puerto Rico: Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma: Universidat di Kòrsou; Universidad de Puerto Rico de Río Piedras
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Incorporates invited papers as well as presentations made to the 15th annual Eastern Caribbean Islands Culture Conference (aka the "Islands In Between" Conference) which was held in St. Thomas from 7 November to 11 November 2012., Vol. 2., Vol.2 is entitled "Transcultural roots uprising: the rhizomatic languages, literatures, and cultures of the Caribbean" / edited by Nicholas Faraclas, Ronald Severing, Christa Weijer, Elisabeth Echteld, Marsha Hinds-Layne
Hutchinson,George (Editor) and Young,John K. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2013
Published:
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
236 p., Always haunted by the commodification of blackness, African American literary production interfaces with the processes of publication and distribution in particularly charged ways. This collection ranges across the history of African American literature, and the authors have much to contribute on such issues as editorial and archival preservation, canonization, and the "packaging" and repackaging of black-authored texts. Includes "More than McKay and Guillén: The Caribbean in Hughes and Bontemps's The Poetry of the Negro (1949)."
