Cultural Identity and Creolization in National Unity The Multiethnic Caribbean

by Misir, Prem; Banton, Michael; Rex, John; Samaroo, Brinsley; Hintzen, Percy C.; Shepard, Verene A.; Mohammed, Patricia; Rodney, Walter; Jagan, Cheddi; Naipaul, V.S; Guerre, J.G La

• ISBN13: 9780761834472
• ISBN10: 0761834478
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-30
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Through a series of readings, this book explores the dominance of Creolization, the hybrid of African and European culture, in the Caribbean. This book explores how Creolization endangers national unity, good governance, and political stability in the region by ignoring the Caribbean's multiethnic mosaic.

Table of Contents

Foreword : some obligations of Caribbean government
A note : multiculturalism, plural colonial societies and creolization
India and the Indian diaspora : the continuing links	p. 1
The Caribbean : race and Creole ethnicity	p. 9
"Coolitude" : the diasporic Indian's response to Creolization, Negritude and the ranking game	p. 33
The "Creolization" of Indian women in Trinidad	p. 41
Race as a contradiction among the working people	p. 59
Race, class, color and religion	p. 79
A plea for rationality	p. 91
Culture and politics : changing scenarios in the commonwealth Caribbean	p. 101
The social construction of race-ethnic conflict in Guyana	p. 121
Out of many, one Caribbean?	p. 141
Unity and diversity in multicultural socities	p. 167
Towards national unity in multicultural Caribbean socities	p. 189
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