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2. Man vibes : masculinities in the Jamaican dancehall
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Hope,Donna P. (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010-01-01
- Published:
- Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 188 p., Explores Jamaican masculinity through the male-dominated dancehall space that is at once a celebration of the marginalized poor and also a challenge to social inequality. Using the major masculine debates that are articulated in dancehall music and culture, Donna Hope explores the transition of Jamaican masculinity in the 21st century.
3. Productive Development Policies in Jamaica
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Benfield,Warren (Author) and Panadeiros,Monica (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- March 2010
- Published:
- Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 80 p., Jamaica seems to be a puzzling case for economic growth: despite the structural reforms implemented in the last three decades and adequate investment levels, real GDP per capita is roughly the same as in 1970. The disappointing performance of this economy suggests that productive development policies (PDPs), including first-generation reforms, have not been enough to create a better environment for productivity growth. This paper examines the PDPs in Jamaica and concludes that behind the paradox of high investment and low growth of this economy are the "public debt trap" and a highly distortive tax incentive structure to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and promote exports. Although industrial policy is moving towards a more modern conceptual design, the old schemes seem politically difficult to dismantle.
4. The hills of Hebron
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Wynter,Sylvia (Author), Bogues,Anthony (Author), and Eudell,Demetrius Lynn (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Kingston ; Miami: I. Randle
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : J. Cape, 1962., 340 p., Written in the late 1950s on the cusp of Jamaica's independence from Britain, The Hills of Hebron tells the story of a group of formerly enslaved Jamaicans as they attempt to create a new life and assert themselves against the colonial power.
5. Three ancient colonies: Caribbean themes and variations
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Mintz,Sidney W. (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 257 p., Argues that in Jamaica and Haiti, creolization represented a tremendous creative art by enslaved peoples. Creolization was not a passive mixing of cultures, but an effort to create new hybrid institutions and cultural meanings to replace those that had been demolished by enslavement.