Island People : The Caribbean and the World

• Autore: Jelly-Schapiro Joshua
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Canongate Books, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (364 pages)
• Soggetto geografico: Caribbean Area Civilization
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Map -- Introduction -- Part I: The Greater Antilles -- Jamaica: The Wages of Love -- Chapter 1: Branding -- Chapter 2: Badness -- Chapter 3: Redemption Songs -- Cuba Libre -- Chapter 4: Cuba Sí -- Chapter 5: Cuban Counterpoints -- Chapter 6: Autumn of the Patriarch -- On Puerto Rico -- Chapter 7: Boricua and the Bronx -- Hispaniola: Mountains Beyond Mountains -- Chapter 8: The Massacre River -- Chapter 9: The Citadel -- Chapter 10: Haiti Cherie -- Part II: The Lesser Antilles -- Sea of Islands -- Chapter 11: Heading South (Cayman, Barbados, Grenada, Barbuda, Montserrat, Antigua) -- Chapter 12: Au Pays Natal: On Martinique (and Guadeloupe) -- Chapter 13: The Last of the Carib: Dominica -- Chapter 14: Return to El Dorado: Trinidad -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography and Further Reading -- Text Permissions.
• Sommario/riassunto: Clustered together in azure-blue waters are a collection of little islands whose culture, history and people have touched every corner of the world. From the moment Columbus gazed out at what he mistook for India, and wrote in his journal of 'the most beautiful land that human eyes have ever seen,' the Caribbean has been the subject of fantasies, myths and daydreams. It was claimed, and its societies were built to enrich old Europe, and much later its beaches were splashed across billboards advertising fizzy drinks, its towns and people pictured in holiday brochures. But these islands are so much more than gloss, white sand and palm trees, they form a region rich in colour, beauty and strength. Home of the Rastafarian faith, Che Guevara's stomping ground and birthplace of reggae, the Caribbean has produced some of the world's most famous artists, activists, writers, musicians and sportsmen - from Usain Bolt to Bob Marley and from Harry Belafonte to V. S. Naipaul. In the pages of Island People we hear the voices of the Caribbean people, explore their home and learn what it means to them, and to the world.
• Altri titoli varianti: Island People
• Titolo autorizzato: Island People
• ISBN: 1-78211-560-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154853103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II