1st Edition
Diasporic Identity Myth, Culture, and the Politics of Home: A Special Issue of identity
Edited By Anton Allahar
Copyright 2002
92 Pages
by
Psychology Press
92 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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This special issue begins with an analysis of the pros and cons of freedom of the human condition achieved by West Indians' ability to have multiple identifications--to "play the field," yet sustain a strong personal, participatory national identity. Next the ties that bind Africans together are discussed, such as common blood lines, common ethno-cultural experience, common collective memory, and... Read more
Volume 2, Number 2, 2002. Contents: A.P. Maingot, National Identity, Instrumental Identifications and the Caribbean's Culture of "Play." A.L. Zavitz, A.L. Allahar, Racial Politics and Cultural Identity in Trinidad's Carnival. J.L. DeCosmo, Pariah Status, Identity, and Creativity in Babylon: Utopian Visions of "Home" in the African Diaspora. R.D. Frederick, Colón Man Version: Oppositional Narratives and Jamaican Identity in Michael Thelwell's The Harder They Come. M. Folch-Serra, The Geopolitics of Identity: Popular Literature, Censorship, and the Spanish Media. BOOK REVIEW: J. Phinney, New Perspectives on Racial Identity Development: A Theoretical and Practical Anthology Edited by Charmaine L. Wijeyesinghe and Bailey W. Jackson III.
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