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2. A Cuban Policy Approach to Sex Education
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Espin,Mariela Castro (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Cuban Studies
- Journal Title Details:
- 42 : 23-34
- Notes:
- Initiatives in the field of sexology and sex education in prerevolutionary Cuba are barely known, as continuity between those experiences and the work carried out during the years following the 1959 revolution have not been researched. The founding of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), however, must be considered the product of a long process of political maturity on the part of Cuban women during the first half of the twentieth century, and in the broader context of the FMC, the developments in the fields of sexology and sex education over the past fifty years also must be considered. Drawing on FMC archival holdings, this article sets out a periodization of the four main stages of the revolutionary period of institutionalizing sex education in Cuba, as well as its main challenges.
3. A View from the Canepiece
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- McKenzie,Earl (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Caribbean Quarterly
- Journal Title Details:
- 57(1) : 21-34
- Notes:
- The article discusses the history of philosophy in the Caribbean. Particular focus is given to the philosophies of the peoples who lived and worked on sugar cane plantations, also called the canepiece. These include the Taíno people, enslaved Africans, indentured Indian and Chinese workers, and their descendants. Details related to Taíno ontology, the roles of slavery and liberty in Afro-Caribbean philosophy, and the role of labor in Indo-Caribbean philosophy are presented. Other topics include genocide, social harmony, and the relationship between the Enlightenment and colonialism.
4. A concise history of the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Higman,B. W. (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- New York: Cambridge University Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 357 p, Presents a general history of the Caribbean islands from the beginning of human settlement about seven thousand years ago to the present. It narrates processes of early human migration, the disastrous consequences of European colonization, the development of slavery and the slave trade, the extraordinary profits earned by the plantation economy, the great revolution in Haiti, movements toward political independence, the Cuban Revolution, and the diaspora of Caribbean people.
5. A-Z of the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Dyde,Brian (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Oxford: Macmillan Caribbean
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 214 p, A highly illustrated reference book providing information about the cultural, social, political, economic, geographic, natural and historic heritage of the Caribbean region. In addition to the English-, French-, Spanish- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean, the book covers the countries with which these islands have close cultural, economic and historic ties: Guyana, Suriname, Belize, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Bermuda.
6. Alternative communities in Caribbean literature
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Meriwether,Raffaella A. (Author)
- Format:
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- North Carolina: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
- Notes:
- 168 p., Explores Caribbean literature that contests the privileging of nation and diaspora community models, and instead presents the spontaneous and productive formation of communities through praxis. Conceptualizing community through this lens challenges systemic emphases on unity, shared history, and shared identity, while it simultaneously incorporates difference at its very foundation. The author draws on Caribbean and postcolonial theory, subaltern studies historiography, and feminist theory in my analysis of Caryl Phillips's The Atlantic Sound , Erna Brodber's Louisiana, Zee Edgell's Beka Lamb , and Maryse Condé's I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem.
7. At the intersection of tourism, national identity and bad service: The case study of "The Fergusons of Farm Road"
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Minnis,Edward (Author)
- Format:
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Ottawa, Ontario: Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- Reprint of the author's 2010 M.A. thesis (Carleton University, 2010), 252 p., 3 microfiches + 1 CD-ROM., In 1970s Bahamas, a radio serial cum soap opera called The Fergusons of Farm Road that ran for almost 190 episodes over a five year period became a cultural phenomenon. Ironically, it was originally a part of a courtesy campaign designed to teach Bahamians the importance of being friendly to tourists. This thesis is the first significant study of the Fergusons , basing its insights on original episode scripts, interviews and recently discovered archival audio recordings. It situates the show within the historical and cultural context of the ongoing Bahamian tourism courtesy campaigns to better understand how it transcended the limitations of its pedagogical role into the realm of abiding popular culture.
8. Atlantic Creoles in the age of revolutions
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Landers,Jane (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 340 p., Sailing the tide of a tumultuous era of Atlantic revolutions, a remarkable group of African-born and African-descended individuals transformed themselves from slaves into active agents of their lives and times. Reconstructs the lives of unique individuals who managed to move purposefully through French, Spanish, and English colonies, and through Indian territory, in the unstable century between 1750 and 1850. Mobile and adaptive, they shifted allegiances and identities depending on which political leader or program offered the greatest possibility for freedom.
9. BRAZILIAN Dance Troupe celebrates AFRICAN PAST
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Booker,Bobbi (Author)
- Format:
- Newspaper Article
- Publication Date:
- 2011-02-27
- Published:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Philadelphia Tribune
- Journal Title Details:
- 15 : 1B
- Notes:
- The Philadelphia region was the site of a rare, artistic treat when Balé Folclórico, Brazil's premiere professional folk dance company made a special Black History Month visit. Formed in 1988, the 33-member troupe of dancers, musicians, and singers perform a repertory based on various Bahian folkloric dances of African origin, including: capoeira (a form of martial arts), samba and other cultural traditions celebrated during Carnival. Hailing from Salvador, in the northeastern state of Bahia, Balé Folclòrico represents Bahia's most important cultural manifestations under a contemporary theatrical vision that reflects its popular origins.
10. Before Haiti : race and citizenship in French Saint-Domingue
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Garrigus,John D. (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 396 p., In 1804 French Saint-Domingue became the independent nation of Haiti after the only successful slave uprising in world history. Before Haiti explains the origins of this free colored class, exposes the ways its members both supported and challenged slavery, and examines how they created their own New World identity from 1760 to 1804.