People Get Ready - African American and Caribbean Cultural Exchange (Paperback)

Throughout this book, Kevin Meehan offers historical and theoretical readings of Caribbean and African American interaction from the 1700s to the present. By analyzing travel narratives, histories, creative collaborations, and political exchanges, he traces the development of African American/Caribbean dialogue through the lives and works of four key individuals: historian/archivist Arthur Schomburg, writer/anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, jazz poet Jayne Cortez, and theologian/politician Jean-Bertrand Aristide. People Get Ready examines how these influential figures have reevaluated popular culture, revised the relationship between intellectuals and everyday people, and transformed practices ranging from librarianship and anthropology to poetry and broadcast journalism. This discourse, Meehan notes, is not free of contradictions, and misunderstandings arise on both sides. In addition to noting dialogues of unity, People Get Ready focuses on instances of intellectual elitism, sexism, color prejudice, imperialism, national chauvinism, and other forms of mutual disdain that continue to limit African American and Caribbean solidarity.

General

Imprint:	University Press Of Mississippi
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Caribbean Studies Series
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	September 2011
Authors:	Kevin Meehan
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-1-61703-201-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-61703-201-8
Barcode:	9781617032011

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