African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
247 p, Argues that development processes and social movements shape each other in uneven and paradoxical ways. She bases her argument on ethnographic analysis of the black social movements that emerged from and interacted with political and economic changes in Colombia's Pacific lowlands, or Chocó region, in the 1990s.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
239 p., Since 1492, the distinct cultures, peoples, and languages of four continents have met in the Caribbean and intermingled in wave after wave of post-Columbian encounters, with foods and their styles of preparation being among the most consumable of the converging cultural elements. This book traces the pathways of migrants and travelers and the mixing of their cultures in the Caribbean from the Atlantic slave trade to the modern tourism economy.
Lavou,Victorien (Editor) and Marty,Marlène (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Language:
Contributions in French, English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Perpignan: Presses universitaires de Perpignan
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
445 p., Discussions that took place during the conference organized from 9 to 11 May 2007 by the Group for Research and Studies on Blacks Latin America (GRENAL -CRILAUP) around issues of race. Highlights various forms of racial bias, whether assumed or openly transfigured, conscious or unconscious.
Kingston, Jamaica: University of West Indies Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
248 p., Presents contemporary readings that contest in the areas of Caribbean religion, education, language, music, race, sexual behavior in a time of the AIDS pandemic, and the economy.
