Description
Book SynopsisA study of the creolisation process which has shaped the Caribbean
Trade Review'Finally, a detailed study of Caribean people and their transnational experiences ... a fascinating collection of essays' -- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law
'A timely account and analysis of the lived reality of the hundreds of thousands of West Indians who now tenant the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain. A welcome addition to the growing literature on the creolisation process which has shaped the Caribbean over centuries' -- Professor Rex Nettleford, Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies
Table of ContentsList of Tables
Preface & Acknowledgements
1. Questions of theory, definition, purpose
2. A common trans-Atlantic heritage
3. Contemporary social and political dimensions of British-Caribbean transnationality
4. Africa and the Caribbean in Caribbean consciousness and action in Britain
5. Black America in Caribbean public discourse in Britain: Uncle Tom, Frank Bruno and Lennox Lewis
6. Having a voice: Caribbean publishers and diasporic communication
References
Index
