Indigenous Resurgence in the Contemporary Caribbean - Amerindian Survival and Revival (Paperback, illustrated edition)

Views of the modern Caribbean have been constructed by a fiction of the absent aboriginal. Yet, all across the Caribbean Basin, individuals and communities are reasserting their identities as indigenous peoples, from Carib communities in the Lesser Antilles, the Garifuna of Central America, and the Taino of the Greater Antilles, to members of the Caribbean diaspora. Far from extinction, or permanent marginality, the region is witnessing a resurgence of native identification and organization. This is the only volume to date that focuses concerted attention on a phenomenon that can no longer be ignored. Territories covered include Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, French Guiana, Guyana, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Puerto Rican diaspora. Writing from a range of contemporary perspectives on indigenous presence, identities, the struggle for rights, relations with the nation-state, and globalization, fourteen scholars, including four indigenous representatives, contribute to this unique tesament to cultural survival. This book will be indispensable to students of Caribbean history and anthropology, indigenous studies, ethnicity, and globalization.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2006
Editors:	Maximilian C Forte
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	298
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8204-7488-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > History > History of other lands
LSN:	0-8204-7488-6
Barcode:	9780820474885

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