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

• Autore: Olwig Karen Fog <1948, >
• Pubblicazione: Taylor & Francis, 1996; Switzerland ; ; [Philadelphia] : , : Harwood Academic Publishers, , 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 972.973
• Soggetto topico: Anthropology - Saint Kitts and Nevis - Nevis
• Soggetto geografico: Nevis Civilization; Nevis Race relations
• Soggetto non controllato: afro-caribbean; community; colonial; society; west; indian; islands; population; pilgrim; holiness
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Global culture, island identity
• ISBN: 1-135-30612-5; 3-7186-5329-X; 1-135-30613-3; 1-280-22681-1; 9786610226818; 0-203-98968-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910765821603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in anthropology and history ; ; v. 8.