The confounding island Jamaica and the postcolonial predicament

"Orlando Patterson returns to Jamaica, his birthplace, to reckon with its history and culture. Locals claim to be some of the world's happiest people, and their successes in music and athletics are legendary. Yet the country remains violent and poor. In Jamaica the dilemmas of globalizatio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Patterson, Orlando, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2019
Temas:
Postcolonialism > Jamaica.
Nationalism and sports > Jamaica.
Reggae music > Jamaica.
Urban poor > Jamaica.
Postcolonialisme > Jamaïque.
Nationalisme et sports > Jamaïque.
Reggae > Jamaïque.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Jamaïque.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Caribbean & Latin American
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American
Economic history
Nationalism and sports
Postcolonialism
Reggae music
Social conditions
Urban poor
Jamaica > Social conditions.
Jamaica > Economic conditions.
Jamaïque > Conditions sociales.
Jamaïque > Conditions économiques.
Jamaica
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Orlando Patterson returns to Jamaica, his birthplace, to reckon with its history and culture. Locals claim to be some of the world's happiest people, and their successes in music and athletics are legendary. Yet the country remains violent and poor. In Jamaica the dilemmas of globalization and postcolonial politics are thrown into stark relief"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0674243064
9780674243064
9780674243071
0674243072

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