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Author Thomas, Deborah A., 1966-

Title Modern blackness : nationalism, globalization, and the politics of culture in Jamaica / Deborah A. Thomas.

Publication Info. Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.

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 Moore Stacks  F1874 .T46 2004    Available  ---
Description xiv, 357 pages ; 25 cm.
Series Latin America otherwise
Latin America otherwise.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and index.
Contents The "problem" of nationalism in the British West Indies, or, "What we are and what we hope to be" -- Political economies of culture -- Strangers and friends -- Institutionalizing (racialized) progress -- Emancipating the nation (again) -- Political economies of modernity -- Modern blackness, or, Theoretical "tripping" on black vernacular culture.
Subject Jamaica -- Cultural policy.
Jamaica.
Cultural policy.
Ethnicity -- Jamaica.
Ethnicity.
Identity (Psychology) -- Jamaica.
Identity (Psychology)
Nationalism -- Jamaica.
Nationalism.
Politics and culture -- Jamaica -- History.
Politics and culture.
History.
Social classes -- Jamaica.
Social classes.
Popular culture -- Jamaica.
Popular culture.
Globalization -- Social aspects -- Jamaica.
Globalization -- Social aspects.
ISBN 0822334089 cloth alkaline paper
0822334194 paperback alkaline paper