The African-Caribbean worldview and the making of a Caribbean society /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Horace Levy
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Kingston, Jamaica :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of West Indies Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vii, 248 pages ;
Dimensions
23 cm
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Papers presented at a conference to celebrate the work of Professor Barry Chevannes held at the University of West Indies, Mona campus, Jamaica, January 19-21, 2006
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Jamaica, the Caribbean, Africa: some oppositions and their politics -- Myal, revival and Rastafari in the making of Western Jamaica: dialogues with Chevannes -- Colonial injustice: the Crown volume the Bedwardites, 27 April 1921 -- Education, race and respectability in Jamaica, circa the 1938 labour rebellion -- No space for race? the bleaching of the nation in postcolonial Jamaica -- Museography and places of remembrance of slavery in Martinique or the gaps in a memory difficult to express -- "Reflection" from the margin: Jah Cure and Rastsfari celebrity in contemporary Jamaica -- If yuh iron good you is king: pan in 3-D -- Don Drummond: just how good was he? -- "Blak up! Blak up!": liturgical compositions of Barry Chevannes -- Creoles as linguistic markers of national identity: examples from Jamaica and Guyana -- Understanding sexual behaviour in Jamaica -- The third crisis: Jamaica in the Neoliberal era -- An autobiographical note