Frontiers of the Caribbean /

This book argues that the frontier, usually associated with the era of colonial conquest, has great, continuing and under explored relevance to the Caribbean region. Identifying the frontier as a moral, ideational and physical boundary between what is imagined as civilisation and wilderness, the boo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nanton, Philip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Colección:Theory for a global age.
Temas:
Popular culture > Caribbean Area.
National characteristics, Caribbean.
National characteristics, Caribbean, in literature.
Culture populaire > Caraïbes (Région)
Antillais.
Antillais dans la littérature.
Ethnic studies.
Social groups.
Social theory.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
Sociology.
History > Caribbean & West Indies.
Social Science > Ethnic Studies.
Social Science > Sociology.
National characteristics, Caribbean
National characteristics, Caribbean, in literature
Popular culture
Caribbean Area
st vincent.
frontier.
caribbean.
wilderness.
globalisation.
civilisation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Maps
  • Introduction
  • 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: frontier patterns old and new
  • 2. Locating the frontier in St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • 3. Civilisation and wilderness: the St Vincent and the Grenadines context
  • 4. Frontier retentions
  • 5. Writing the St Vincent frontier
  • 6. Shifting urban and rural frontiers in St Vincent
  • 7. Conclusion by way of afterword
  • References
  • Index.

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