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This book lends a fresh, psychological approach to identity and
Jewishness in the Caribbean. It explores the ways in which
individuals in the islands have maintained their connections to
Judaism as lineage, as a religion and as a culture. Transported
overseas from Spain and Portugal in the 1500s while fleeing the
Inquisition, and later during the second wave of exodus from Europe
under threat of World War II, the Caribbean provided safe harbours
for a number of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews. There is no doubt
that their presence in the Caribbean and Latin America over the
last 500 years has had a tremendous impact on the growth and
development of industry, modern commerce and culture. Their
contribution to their new island homelands has been a lasting one.
From the technology for the cultivation of sugar and the
development of trade and commerce across the Atlantic, to the arts
and education, Jewish life within the region has left and continues
to leave an indelible mark. For the author, there have been many
stops along the way in completing this book. She has travelled and
interacted with Jews across the globe, and these encounters were
the genesis of the questions she asked herself about Jews of all
descriptions. Indeed, many of the questions and their answers arise
from an existential need to rationalise her own thoughts about her
personal identity. This is a pattern that the author has noted
among a number of the theorists included in this work. From
Erickson with his Danish-Jewish background and the subsequent
elaboration of his psychosocial theory; to Stuart Halls cultural
theory, born out of his own mixed heritage and later inter-ethnic
marriage; and Nathan Blumenthal, who changes his rather Jewish name
to Nathaniel Branden as he becomes known for his psychology of
self-esteem. Of course, it is impossible to speak of identity
without acknowledging the seminal contribution of Freuds
psychoanalytic theory as a way of making meaning for ourselves in
the world. Common to these theorist and many others, readers will
encounter their own struggle with national, personal and ethnic
identities while exploring the pages of this book. Claiming an
identity suggests an autonomous act of loyalty to chosen identity,
and for some this can mean the abandonment of previous ways of
seeing themselves. This is the central threat of acts of identity;
it signals, I am with them and equally, I have no allegiance to
you. These are the sentiments over which battles are waged, causing
people who appear indistinguishable from each other to obliterate
neighbouring nations. This book is a story of the survival of a
people, practice, culture, and religion.
This book brings together the most recent work of Caribbean
psychologists in the English-speaking islands of Jamaica, Barbados
and Trinidad on gender and sexuality. The authors analyse the
unique challenges posed by contradictions between cultural values
and modern sexual expression in the region. They examine a broad
range of topics such as conceptions of gender roles in primary
school children, sexual behavior and emotional social intelligence
in adolescents, and sexual identities and orientations in adults.
Chapters cover issues including how women who have sex with women
(WSWs) self-identify, the 'Lebenswelt' (life world) of men who have
sex with men (MSM) in Jamaica, transsexual care and its
psychological impact, the influence of music on sexuality, how
intimacy is defined, as well as the relationship between identity
formation and the fear of intimacy in Jamaica, and the practice of
polyamory in Jamaica and Trinidad. This distinctive collection is
the first of its kind, grounded in both qualitative and
quantitative research. It presents a sophisticated comparative
analyses of the cultures of the Anglophone Caribbean represented by
Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados to offer a broader discussions of
intimacy and relationships. With practical implications for
therapy, it will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners
of gender and sexuality studies, psychology and culture.
This book brings together the most recent work of Caribbean
psychologists in the English-speaking islands of Jamaica, Barbados
and Trinidad on gender and sexuality. The authors analyse the
unique challenges posed by contradictions between cultural values
and modern sexual expression in the region. They examine a broad
range of topics such as conceptions of gender roles in primary
school children, sexual behavior and emotional social intelligence
in adolescents, and sexual identities and orientations in adults.
Chapters cover issues including how women who have sex with women
(WSWs) self-identify, the 'Lebenswelt' (life world) of men who have
sex with men (MSM) in Jamaica, transsexual care and its
psychological impact, the influence of music on sexuality, how
intimacy is defined, as well as the relationship between identity
formation and the fear of intimacy in Jamaica, and the practice of
polyamory in Jamaica and Trinidad. This distinctive collection is
the first of its kind, grounded in both qualitative and
quantitative research. It presents a sophisticated comparative
analyses of the cultures of the Anglophone Caribbean represented by
Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados to offer a broader discussions of
intimacy and relationships. With practical implications for
therapy, it will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners
of gender and sexuality studies, psychology and culture.
This book examines the racial and socio-linguistic dynamics of
Jamaica, a majority black nation where the dominant ideology
continues to look to white countries as models, yet which continues
to defy the odds. The authors trace the history of how a nation of
less than three million people has come to be at the centre of
cultural, racial and linguistic influence globally; producing a
culture than has transformed the way that the world listens to
music, and a dialect that has formed the lingua franca for a
generation of young people. The book will be of particular interest
to students and scholars of Caribbean linguistics, Africana
studies, diaspora studies, sociology of language and
sociolinguistics more broadly.
This book examines the racial and socio-linguistic dynamics of
Jamaica, a majority black nation where the dominant ideology
continues to look to white countries as models, yet which continues
to defy the odds. The authors trace the history of how a nation of
less than three million people has come to be at the centre of
cultural, racial and linguistic influence globally; producing a
culture than has transformed the way that the world listens to
music, and a dialect that has formed the lingua franca for a
generation of young people. The book will be of particular interest
to students and scholars of Caribbean linguistics, Africana
studies, diaspora studies, sociology of language and
sociolinguistics more broadly.
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