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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis volume is an excellent addition to the literature on Caribbean and trans-nationalism. Its pluri-disciplinary approach bridges several academic fields and provides provocative reflections on the interweaving of varied trans-national cultural practices. Its well-written essays are grounded in cogent sociological and literary analyses as well as rich ethnographic data from various trans-Caribbean locations. * Anthropological Quarterly *
All of the authors advance the idea of a trans-Caribbean as an effective way of discussing new movements, migrations, and hybridities.... I would highly recommend the book as a reader in courses focusing on Caribbean studies and the Caribbean and/or African disapora. -- Kimberly Eison Simmons, 2010 * New West Indian Guide *
Holger Henke and Karl-Heinz Magister have done a masterful job in bringing together the intellectual energies of fifteen scholars grappling with the process of identity formation, transnationalism, and hybridity within Caribbean disporas in locations like New York, Toronto, and London.... -- Dwaine Plaza, Oregon State University
Holger Henke and Karl-Heinz Magister have done a masterful job in bringing together the intellectual energies of fifteen scholars grappling with the process of identity formation, transnationalism, and hybridity within Caribbean disporas in locations like New York, Toronto, and London. -- Dwaine Plaza, Oregon State University
The collection provides rich material to fuel ongoing discussions about the interaction between national and transnational aspects of Caribbean culture. Its breadth is a clear strength, with the cross-disciplinary nature of the contributions offering a refreshingly broad approach. * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Acknowledgment Chapter 3 Introduction: Constructing Vernacular Culture in the Trans-Caribbean Part 4 Part I. (Re-)Creating Homes in the Vernacular Chapter 5 Chapter 1. Premigration Legacies and Transnational Identities: Afro-Surinamese and Indo-Surinamese in the Netherlands Chapter 6 Chapter 2. The Many Voices of Caribbean Culture in New York City Chapter 7 Chapter 3. Family Reunion Rituals of African-Caribbean Transnational Families: Instilling an Historical and Diasporic Consciousness Part 8 Part II. Performing Identitites Chapter 9 Chapter 4. Dancing Around Dancehall: Popular Music and Pentacostal Identity in Transnational Jamaica and Haiti Chapter 10 Chapter 5. Rituals, Journeys, and Modernity: Spiritual Baptists in New York Chapter 11 Chapter 6. Performing "Difference": Gossip in Olive Senior's Short Stories Chapter 12 Chapter 7. "This is my vibes": Legitimizing Vernacular Expressions in Caribana Part 13 Part III. Writing Self, Other and (Trans-)Nation in the Trans-Caribbean Chapter 14 Chapter 8. Patrick Chamoiseau's Seascapes and the Trans-Caribbean Imaginary Chapter 15 Chapter 9. "A Local Habitation and a Name": Travelers, Migrants, Nomads of "Caribbean New York" in Colin Channer'sWaiting in Vain Chapter 16 Chapter 10. Playing Both Home and Away: National and Transnational Identities in the Work of Bruce St. John Chapter 17 Chapter 11. The Amerindian Transnational Experience in Pauline Melville'sThe Ventriloquist's Tale Chapter 18 Chapter 12. Readings from Aquí y Allá: Music, Commercialism, and the Latino-Caribbean Transnational Imaginary Part 19 Part IV. The (Trans-)Nation (Dis-)Embodied Chapter 20 Chapter 13. Like Sugar in Coffee: Third Wave Feminism and the Caribbean Chapter 21 Chapter 14. Work That Body: Sexual Citizenship and Embodied Freedom Chapter 22 Chapter 15. Caribbean Cyberculture: Towards an Understanding of Gender, Sexuality and Identity within the Digital Culture Matrix
