Cosmopolitan traditions: Caribbean perspectives

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Olwig,Karen Fog (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2010
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Social Anthropology/ Anthropologie Sociale
    Journal Title Details:
    18(4) : 417-424
    ISBN:
    1469-8676
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, History, Blacks, Civilization, Culture, Tradition and heritage, and Social interactions
    Notes:
    Examines three ‘cosmopolitan’ traditions in the Caribbean. While the first tradition derives from the universalist intellectual tradition of the European Enlightenment, the other two are linked to vernacular, local Caribbean traditions.

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