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Creole Indigeneity : between myth and nation in the Caribbean /
During the colonial period in Guyana, the country's coastal lands were worked by enslaved Africans and indentured Indians. In Creole Indigeneity, Shona N. Jackson investigates how their descendants, collectively called Creoles, have remade themselves as Guyana's new natives, displacing Ind...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | First peoples.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During the colonial period in Guyana, the country's coastal lands were worked by enslaved Africans and indentured Indians. In Creole Indigeneity, Shona N. Jackson investigates how their descendants, collectively called Creoles, have remade themselves as Guyana's new natives, displacing Indigenous peoples in the Caribbean through an extension of colonial attitudes and policies. Looking particularly at the nation's politically fraught decades from the 1950s to the present, Jackson explores Aboriginal and Creole identities in Guyanese society. Through government documents, in. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816681952 0816677751 9780816677757 081667776X 9780816677764 0816681953 1452948232 9781452948232 |