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Stains on My Name, War in My Veins : Guyana and the Politics of Cultural Struggle /

Burdened with a heritage of both Spanish and British colonization and imperialism, Guyana is today caught between its colonial past, its efforts to achieve the consciousness of nationhood, and the need of its diverse subgroups to maintain their own identity. Stains on My Name, War in My Veins chroni...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, Brackette F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Country and Community: On the Politics of Cultural Struggle. Cockalorum: Spatial Boundaries, Economic Limits, and Cultural Constraints. Status Stratification and Status Signaling. The Art of Becoming "Somebody"
  • Ideology, Ethnicity, and Anglo-European Hegemony: Ideology and the Formation of Anglo-European Hegemony. Anglo-European Hegemony and the Culture of Domination. The JlEthnic Production" of Class Stratification
  • Ethnicity, Class, and Cultural Production: Religion, Class, Culture, and the Ghost of Hegemony. "Bamboo" Weddings and the Ghost of Hegemonic Dominance. Locating and Exorcizing the Ghost.