Global Culture, Island Identity : : continuity and change in the Afro-Caribbean community of Nevis / / Karen Fog Olwig.
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...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Hoboken : : Taylor & Francis,, 1996. |
| Year of Publication: | 1996 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; Part 1 PART I ENGLISH PATRIARCHAL HIERARCHY, AFRICAN BONDAGE; Chapter 1 Chapter One Africans in English Patriachy; Chapter 2 Chapter Two Afro-Caribbean Culture, Euro-Caribbean Institutions; Part 2 PART II IN PURSUIT OF RESPECTABILITY; Chapter 3 CHAPTER THREE The Methodist Society; Chapter 4 CHAPTER FOUR In a Free Society; Chapter 5 CHAPTER FIVE The Struggle for Recognition; Part 3 PART III HOME IS WHERE YOU LEAVE IT: PARADOXES OF IDENTITY; Chapter 6 CHAPTER SIX The Demise of the Local: the background for a global community; Chapter 7 CHAPTER SEVEN The Global Community; Chapter 8 CHAPTER EIGHT Global Culture, Island Identity; Chapter 9 CONCLUSION Toward an Anthropology of Cultural Complexity; References; Index.