| The Creolization Reader: Studies in Mixed Identities and Cultures Contributor(s): Cohen, Robin (Editor), Toninato, Paola (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415498546 ISBN-13: 9780415498548 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $80.74 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2009 Annotation: The Creolization Reader illuminates old creole societies and emerging cultures and identities in many parts of the world. Areas covered include Latin America, the South Atlantic/Indian oceans, the Caribbean, West and East Africa, the Pacific and the US. The book is truly inter-disciplinary and provides a timely, reader-friendly and informative overview of creolization. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 306.01 |
| LCCN: 2009021539 |
| Series: Routledge Student Readers |
| Physical Information: 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Increasingly, 'creolization' is used to analyse 'cultural complexity', 'cosmopolitanism', 'hybridity', 'syncretism' and 'mixture', prominent and growing characteristics of the global age. The Creolization Reader captures all these meanings. Attention to the 'creolizing world' has enormous potential as a suggestive way of describing our complex world and the diverse societies in which we all now live. The Creolization Reader illuminates old creole societies and emerging cultures and identities in many parts of the world. Areas covered include Latin America, the Indian Ocean, the Caribbean, West, South and East Africa, the Pacific and the USA. Our authors provide an authoritative review, conspectus and critique of many aspects of creolization. This book is divided into five main sections covering the following key topics: - concepts and Theories - the Creolized World - popular Culture - kindred Concepts - the Creolizing World Each section begins with a brief introduction summarizing the key arguments of the contributors, while the editors provide a provocative and comprehensive introduction to the debates provoked by creolization theory. The Creolization Reader is multi-disciplinary and includes 28 readings and original contributions drawn mainly from history, sociology, development studies, anthropology and cultural studies. |