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Before the Volcano: Reverberations of Identity on Montserrat
How is identity claimed, contested and sustained ?
This book looks at
retentions, reconstructions and reverberations of identity in a colonial
Caribbean setting. It is an uncomfortable’ and ‘impressionistic’ ethnography
of life on the island of Montserrat leading up to and including the present
day volcanic eruptions. It explores Montserrat’s existing colonial identity
and emerging postcolonial identity drawing upon examples from local poets,
calypsonians and historians; controversial development and trade union
struggles; and the impact of tourism and colonialism on the island – Black
Irish identity claims and the celebration
This book will
appeal to Anthropologists, Sociologists, and Cultural Studies and Caribbean
Studies scholars, as well as those involved in and concerned for the
reconstruction of Montserrat
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Jonathan Skinner is a lecturer in the School of Anthropological Studies, Queen’s University Belfast. He is co-editor of Scotland’s Boundaries and Identities in the New Millennium (2001) and the current editor of the journal Anthropology in Action |
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Subject area: CARIBBEAN ETHNOGRAPHY
ISBN 976-8189-21-5 |
UK £12 |
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