Before the Volcano: Reverberations of Identity on Montserrat - Couverture souple

Skinner, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9768189215 ISBN 13 : 9789768189219

Editeur : A r a w a k publications, 2004

Synopsis

How is identity claimed, contested and sustained This book looks at retentions, reconstructions and reverberations of identity in a colonial Caribbean setting. It is an 'uncomfortable' and 'impressionistic' ethnography of life on the island of Montserrat leading up to and including the present day volcanic eruptions. It explores Montserrat's existing colonial identity and emerging postcolonial identity drawing upon examples from local poets, calypsonians and historians; controversial development and trade union struggles; and the impact of tourism and colonialism on the island - Black Irish identity claims and the celebration and/or commemoration of St Patrick's Day in particular.This book will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists, and cultural studies and Caribbean studies scholars, as well as those involved in and concerned for the reconstruction of Montserrat the place and Mons'rat the people.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Jonathan Skinner is reader in social anthropology at the University of Roehampton. His interests are in the anthropology of leisure: specifically tourism regeneration and tour guiding, contested heritage and dark tourism, and social dancing and wellbeing. He has worked in the Caribbean, the USA and the UK. His most recent publication is Leisure and Death: Lively Encounters with Risk, Death, and Dying co-edited with Adam Kaul (University of Colorado Press, 2018).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: A r a w a k publications
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9768189215
• ISBN 13: 9789768189219
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 219
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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