02949 am 22006253u 450 991034823940332120210221113615.01-135-30612-53-7186-5329-X1-135-30613-31-280-22681-197866102268180-203-98968-610.4324/9780203989685 (CKB)1000000000250335(EBL)254512(OCoLC)264474511(SSID)ssj0000163273(PQKBManifestationID)11179626(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000163273(PQKBWorkID)10105863(PQKB)11669808(MiAaPQ)EBC254512(OCoLC)826516401(EXLCZ)99100000000025033520180331d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobal culture, island identity continuity and change in the Afro-Caribbean community of Nevis /Karen Fog OlwigSwitzerland ;[Philadelphia] :Harwood Academic Publishers,1993.1 online resource (218 p.)Studies in anthropology and history,1055-2464 ;v. 8Description based upon print version of record.1-138-18068-8 3-7186-0624-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-230) and index.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; IndexLooking 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 oStudies in anthropology and history ;v. 8.AnthropologySaint Kitts and NevisNevisNevisCivilizationNevisRace relationsElectronic books.Anthropology972.973Olwig Karen Fog1948,982651FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910348239403321Global culture, island identity2242588UNINA