LEADER 03311nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910780820703321 005 20220204214202.0 010 $a1-282-48546-6 010 $a9786612485466 010 $a1-60473-282-2 024 7 $aheb40105 035 $a(CKB)2520000000009208 035 $a(EBL)515630 035 $a(OCoLC)609863405 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000364219 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11257356 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000364219 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10398969 035 $a(PQKB)11691215 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000206397 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13627 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515630 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10355621 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248546 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515630 035 $a(dli)heb40105.0001.001 035 $a(MiU)MIU401050001001 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000009208 100 $a20090406d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPeople get ready$b[electronic resource] $eAfrican American and Caribbean cultural exchange /$fKevin Meehan 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 225 0 $aCaribbean studies series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-60473-281-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTheorizing 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. 330 $aThroughout this book, Kevin Meehan offers historical and theoretical readings of Caribbean and African American interaction from the 1700's to the present. By analyzing travel narratives, histories, creative collaborations, and political exchanges, he traces the development of African American/Caribbean dialogue through the lives and works of four key individuals: historian/archivist Arthur Schomburg, writer/anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, jazz poet Jayne Cortez, and theologian/politician Jean-Bertrand Aristide. People Get Ready examines how these influential figures have reevaluated popular 410 0$aCaribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.) 606 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aBlack people$zCaribbean Area$xIntellectual life 606 $aAnti-imperialist movements$xHistory 606 $aDecolonization$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zCaribbean Area 607 $aCaribbean Area$xRelations$zUnited States 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aBlack people$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aAnti-imperialist movements$xHistory. 615 0$aDecolonization$xHistory. 676 $a972.9/00496 700 $aMeehan$b Kevin$f1962-$01482074 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780820703321 996 $aPeople get ready$93699448 997 $aUNINA