Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-290) and index.
Contents
From African to Afro-Creole : the making of Jamaican slave culture, 1655-1838 -- Resistance and opposition in Jamaica, 1800-1834 -- In the shadow of the whip : religion and opposition in Jamaica, 1834-1992 -- The carnival complex -- Masquerade, possesion, and power in the Caribbean.