Contemporary Caribbean Cultures And Societies in a Global Context

by Knight, Franklin W.; Martinez Vergne, Teresita

• ISBN13: 9780807856345
• ISBN10: 0807856347
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

The Caribbean ranks among the earliest and most completely globalized regions in the world. From the first moment Europeans set foot on the islands to the present, products, people, and ideas have made their way back and forth between the region and other parts of the globe with unequal but inexorable force. An inventory of some of these unprecedented multidirectional exchanges, this volume provides a measure of, as well as a model for, new scholarship on globalization in the region. Ten essays by leading scholars in the field of Caribbean studies identify and illuminate important social and cultural aspects of the region as it seeks to maintain its own identity against the unrelenting pressures of globalization. These essays examine cultural phenomena in their creolized forms--from sports and religion to music and drink--as well as the Caribbean manifestations of more universal trends--from racial inequality and feminist activism to indebtedness and economic uncertainty. Throughout, the volume points to the contending forces of homogeneity and differentiation that define globalization and highlights the growing agency of the Caribbean peoples in the modern world.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
1 Introduction
Teresita Martinez-Vergne and Franklin W. Knight	5	(8)
PART I. THE ECONOMICS OF GLOBALIZATION	13	(58)
2 Challenges to Caribbean Economies in the Era of Globalization
Helen McBain	17	(26)
3 Globalization, the World Bank, and the Haitian Economy
Alex Dupuy	43	(28)
PART II. DIASPORAS IN GLOBAL WORLD	71	(86)
4 Creolization in Havana: The Oldest Form of Globalization
Antonio Benitez-Rojo	75	(22)
5 Showing Face: Boxing and Nation Building in Contemporary Puerto Rico
Frances Negrón-Muntaner	97	(20)
6 Creolité in the Hood: Diaspora as Source and Challenge
Juan Flores	117	(14)
7 Glocal Spirituality: Consumerism and Heritage in a Puerto Rican Afro-Latin Folk Religion
Raquel Romberg	131	(26)
PART iii. GLOBAL FORCES IN LOCAL POLITICS	157	(50)
8 Women's Grass-Roots Organizations in the Dominican Republic: Real and Imagined Female Figures
Valentina Peguero	161	(22)
9 Race and Politics in Cuba
Aline HeLg	183	(24)
PART IV, GLOBAL MARKETS FOR LOCAL PRODUCTS	207	(56)
10 Jamaican Reggae and the Articulation of Social and Historical Consciousness in Musical Discourse
Jorge L. Giovannetti	211	(22)
11 Rum, Revolution, and Globalization: Past, Present, and Future of a Caribbean Product
Anthony P. Maingot	233	(30)
Bibliography	263	(18)
Contributors	281	(6)
Index	287