1st Edition

Creolization History, Ethnography, Theory

Edited By Charles Stewart Copyright 2007
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

Social scientists have used the term "Creolization" to evoke cultural fusion and the emergence of new cultures across the globe. However, the term has been under-theorized and tends to be used as a simple synonym for "mixture" or "hybridity." In this volume, by contrast, renowned scholars give the term historical and theoretical specificity by examining the very different domains and circumstances... Read more

Introduction: Creolization: History, Ethnography, TheoryCharles Stewart* Creole Discourse in Colonial Spanish AmericaJorge Canizares-Esguerra* Creoles in British America: From Denial to AcceptanceJoyce Chaplin* The 'C-Word', Again: From Colonial to Postcolonial SemanticsStephan Palmie* Creole Linguistics from its Beginnings, Through Schuchardt, To the Present DayPhilip Baker and Peter Muhlhausler * From Miscegenation to Creole Identity: Portuguese Colonialism, Brazil, Cape VerdeMiguel Vale de Almeida* Indian-Oceanic Creolizations: Processes and Practices of Creolization on Reunion IslandFrancoise Verges* Creolization in Anthropological Theory and in MauritiusThomas Hylland Eriksen* Is There a Model in the Muddle? 'Creolization' in African Americanist History and AnthropologyStephan Palmie* Adapting to Inequality: Negotiating Japanese Identity in Contexts of ReturnJoshua Roth* The Creolite Movement: Paradoxes of a French Caribbean OrthodoxyMary Gallagher* Creolization MomentsAisha Khan

Biography

Charles Stewart teaches in the Department of Anthropology at University College London. He has conducted long-term field research in Greece.