Consuming the Caribbean - From Arawaks to Zombies (Hardcover)

From sugar to indentured labourers, tobacco to reggae music, Europe and North America have been relentlessly consuming the Caribbean and its assets for the past five hundred years. In this fascinating book, Mimi Sheller explores this troublesome history, investigating the complex mobilities of producers and consumers, of material and cultural commodities, including:
*foodstuffs and stimulants - sugar, fruit, coffee and rum
*human bodies - slaves, indentured labourers and service workers
*cultural and knowledge products - texts, music, scientific collections and ethnology
*entire 'natures' and landscapes consumed by tourists as tropical paradise.

Consuming the Caribbean demonstrates how colonial exploitation of the Caribbean led directly to contemporary forms of consumption of the region and its products. It calls into question innocent indulgence in the pleasures of
thoughtless consumption and calls for a global ethics of consumer responsibility.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	International Library of Sociology
Release date:	February 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Mimi Sheller
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-25759-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-25759-X
Barcode:	9780415257596

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