Contemporary Caribbean cultures and societies in a global context / edited by Franklin W. Knight and Teresita Martínez-Vergne.

Other author Knight, Franklin W.
Other author Martínez Vergne, Teresita.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionviii, 303 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction / Teresita Martínez-Vergne and Franklin W. Knight -- Challenges to Caribbean economies in the era of globalization / Helen McBain -- Globalization, the World Bank, and the Haitian economy / Alex Dupuy -- Creolization in Havana: the oldest form of globalization / Antonio Benítez-Rojo -- Showing face: Boxing and nation building in contemporary Puerto Rico / Frances Negrón-Muntaner -- Creolité in the hood: diaspora as source and challenge / Juan Flores -- Glocal spirituality: consumerism and heritage in a Puerto Rican Afro-Latin folk religion / Raquel Romberg -- Women's grass-roots organizations in the Dominican Republic: real and imagined female figures / Valentina Peguero -- Race and politics in Cuba / Aline Helg -- Jamaican reggae and the articulation of social and historical consciousness in musical discourse / Jorge L. Giovannetti -- Rum, revolution, and globalization: past, present, and future of a Caribbean product / Anthony P. Maingot.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-280) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005010529
ISBN0807829722 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807856347 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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