1. Contradictory Omens: Cultural Diversity and Integration in the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Brathwaite,Edward Kamau (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 1974
- Published:
- Mona, Jamaica: Savacou Publications
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 80 p., Contents: Part One. Creolization: Definitions -- Patterns of Creolization: The whites ; The slaves ; Socialization ; Imitation; Creative ambivalence ; cultural censors ; Submerged mothers ; speech ; Style ; Sex and amorous influences -- The Plural Continuum: Whole and partial societies ; Effects ; The plural society model ; The orientation model ; Alternatives -- Part Two. Cultural Diversity: Overview: The legacy of slavery ; The song and dance of emancipation ; Maroonage -- Europeans -- An analytical diversion -- Afro-Caribbeans: The Afro-Caribbean tradition ; Birth customs ; Markets and food ; Social life and activity -- Post-emancipation complications -- The Chinese -- East Indians -- Inter-culturation: The Indo-creole ; New cultural signals -- Contradictory omens -- Contradictory models.