{"product_id":"contemporary-caribbean-cultures-and-societies-franklin-w-knight-9780807856345","title":"Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eAntonio Benítez-Rojo (1931-2004)\u003cbr\u003eAlex Dupuy, Wesleyan University\u003cbr\u003eJuan Flores, City University of New York Graduate Center\u003cbr\u003eJorge L. Giovannetti, University of Puerto Rico\u003cbr\u003eAline Helg, University of Geneva\u003cbr\u003eFranklin W. Knight, The Johns Hopkins University\u003cbr\u003eAnthony P. Maingot, Florida International University\u003cbr\u003eTeresita Martínez-Vergne, Macalester College\u003cbr\u003eHelen McBain, Economic Commission for Latin America \u0026amp; the Caribbean, Trinidad\u003cbr\u003eFrances Negrón-Muntaner, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003eValentina Peguero, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point\u003cbr\u003eRaquel Romberg, Temple University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Franklin W. Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807856347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807856345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.12w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 1885","brand":"Franklin W. Knight","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483711451391,"sku":"9780807856345","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4829da7-eb9f-413a-9968-1fe6c828f1e8.jpg?v=1778040159","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/contemporary-caribbean-cultures-and-societies-franklin-w-knight-9780807856345","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}