{"product_id":"transformations-of-freedom-in-the-jean-besson-9789766374082","title":"Transformations of Freedom in the Land of the Maroons: Creolization in the Cockpits Jamaica","description":"Despite outstanding histories and ethnographies on maroons, there has been little attempt to draw modern maroons into a comparative perspective with the descendants of emancipated slaves who are the majority of African-Americans today. There is therefore a gap in the comparative exploration of creolization in maroon and non-maroon derivations of African-American slave cultures. Transformations of Freedom in the Land of the Maroons bridges that gap through a comparative ethnography of three post-slavery transnational communities - Accompong, Aberdeen and Maroon Town - that stand fast in the Jamaican Cockpit Country today. The Cockpit Country, so named after the cock-fighting pits introduced by the Spanish to the Americas, with steep mountains and deep valleys, straddles the interior of adjoining parishes in central Jamaica. During slavery these Cockpits served as a refuge for fighting maroons and the provision grounds of plantation slaves. In the twenty-first century Accompong endures as a corporate maroon society; Aberdeen is a village descended from emancipated slaves; and Maroon Town is a community claiming descent from planters, maroons and slaves. Consolidating over 30 years of research and fieldwork in these communities, Jean Besson provides a sweeping yet all-encompassing examination of comparative creolization and the complexities of ethnicity at the maroon\/non-maroon interface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Besson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9766374082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789766374082\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Randle Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Jean Besson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983541108991,"sku":"9789766374082","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78a2773f-123d-49cc-901b-166ae28e1a70.jpg?v=1683267263","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/transformations-of-freedom-in-the-jean-besson-9789766374082","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}