03311nam 2200721Ia 450 991078082070332120220204214202.01-282-48546-697866124854661-60473-282-2heb40105(CKB)2520000000009208(EBL)515630(OCoLC)609863405(SSID)ssj0000364219(PQKBManifestationID)11257356(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364219(PQKBWorkID)10398969(PQKB)11691215(StDuBDS)EDZ0000206397(MdBmJHUP)muse13627(Au-PeEL)EBL515630(CaPaEBR)ebr10355621(CaONFJC)MIL248546(MiAaPQ)EBC515630(dli)heb40105.0001.001(MiU)MIU401050001001(EXLCZ)99252000000000920820090406d2009 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrPeople get ready[electronic resource] African American and Caribbean cultural exchange /Kevin MeehanJackson University Press of Mississippi20091 online resource (248 p.)Caribbean studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-60473-281-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Theorizing African American and Caribbean contact : comparative approaches to cultural decolonization in the Americas -- Vested in the anonymous thousands : Arthur A. Schomburg as decolonizing historian -- Decolonizing ethnography : Zora Neale Hurston in the Caribbean -- Red pepper poetry : Jayne Cortez and cross-cultural saturation -- Mass media contact zones : Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the dialectics of our America.Throughout this book, Kevin Meehan offers historical and theoretical readings of Caribbean and African American interaction from the 1700's to the present. By analyzing travel narratives, histories, creative collaborations, and political exchanges, he traces the development of African American/Caribbean dialogue through the lives and works of four key individuals: historian/archivist Arthur Schomburg, writer/anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, jazz poet Jayne Cortez, and theologian/politician Jean-Bertrand Aristide. People Get Ready examines how these influential figures have reevaluated popularCaribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)African AmericansIntellectual lifeBlack peopleCaribbean AreaIntellectual lifeAnti-imperialist movementsHistoryDecolonizationHistoryUnited StatesRelationsCaribbean AreaCaribbean AreaRelationsUnited StatesAfrican AmericansIntellectual life.Black peopleIntellectual life.Anti-imperialist movementsHistory.DecolonizationHistory.972.9/00496Meehan Kevin1962-1482074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780820703321People get ready3699448UNINA