Ethnicity, Class, and Nationalism Caribbean and Extra-Caribbean Dimensions

by Allahar, Anton L.; Ryan, Selwyn; Jackson, Shona N.; Jelly-Schapiro, Joshua; Ogbar, Jeffrey O.G.; Ratuva, Steven; Saraçoglu, Cenk; Thorburn, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780739108932
• ISBN10: 073910893X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-08
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

In the interest of locating race and ethnicity as sociological and political categories that are inimical to contemporary conceptions of the nation state, editor Anton L. Allahar explores the geopolitics of the Caribbean through a comparative focus. The result is a study that is unique in scope and also in its level of scholarly reflection. This book is the first of its kind. It is essential reading for anyone interested in advancing their analysis of political, economic, social, and cultural thought in the Caribbean and other former colonial modern nations.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Selwyn Ryan
Preface	xi
Anton L. Allabar
Situating Ethnic Nationalism in the Caribbean	1	(22)
Anton L. Allabar
``Are We All Creoles Now?'' Ethnicity and Nation in a Heterogeneous Caribbean Diaspora	23	(34)
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Nationalism, Identity, and the Banking Sector: The English-Speaking Caribbean in the Era of Financial Globalization	57	(28)
Diana Thorburn
The Contemporary Crisis in Guyanese National Identification	85	(36)
Shona N. Jackson
Black Power and Black Nationalism: Lessons from the United States for the Caribbean?	121	(26)
Anton L. Allahar
Black Power and Puerto Rican Ethno-Nationalism in the United States, 1966--1972	147	(24)
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar
Politics of Ethno-National Identity in a Postcolonial Communal Democracy: The Case of Fiji	171	(28)
Steven Ratura
Theoretical Reflections on Ethnicity and Nationalism: The Kurdish Question in Turkey, 1923--1980	199	(28)
Cenk Saracoglu
Class, ``Race,'' and Ethnic Nationalism in Trinidad	227	(32)
Anton L. Allabar
References	259	(20)
About the Contributors	279