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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765821603321

Autore

Olwig Karen Fog <1948, >

Titolo

Global culture, island identity : continuity and change in the Afro-Caribbean community of Nevis / / Karen Fog Olwig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Taylor & Francis, 1996

Switzerland ; ; [Philadelphia] : , : Harwood Academic Publishers, , 1993

ISBN

1-135-30612-5

3-7186-5329-X

1-135-30613-3

1-280-22681-1

9786610226818

0-203-98968-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Studies in anthropology and history, , 1055-2464 ; ; v. 8

Disciplina

972.973

Soggetti

Anthropology - Saint Kitts and Nevis - Nevis

Nevis Civilization

Nevis Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; 1 Africans in English Patriachy; 2 Afro-Caribbean Culture, Euro-Caribbean Institutions; 3 The Methodist Society; 4 In a Free Society; 5 The Struggle for Recognition; 6 The Demise of the Local:the background for a global community; 7 The Global Community; 8 Global Culture, Island Identity; CONCLUSION; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Looking at the development of cultural identity in the global context, this text uses the approach of historical anthropology. It examines the way in which the West Indian Community of Nevis, has, since the 1600s, incorporated both African and European cultural elements into the framework of social life, to create an Afro-Caribbean culture that was distinctive and yet geographically unbounded - a ""global culture"". The book takes as its point of departure the processes of cultural interaction and reflectivity. It argues that the study of cultural



continuity should be guided by the notion o