The Creolization Reader: Studies in Mixed Identities and Cultures

ISBN-13: 9780415498548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 402 str.

Cohen, Robin

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'An invaluable collection on this important topic, the Creolization Reader combines intellectual rigour with a wealth of interesting and well-chosen pieces. An excellent starting point for understanding the complexities of creolization.' – Gad Heuman, Editor of the journal, Slavery & Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies and Professor at the University of Warwick

Spis treści

Part 1: Concepts and Theories  1. Creolité and the Process of Creolization  2. Creoles, Capitalism and Colonialism  3. Creolization and its Discontents  4. Creolization and Creativity  5. In Praise of Créolité  Part 2: The Creolized World  6. The Creolité Movement: Paradoxes of a French Caribbean Orthodoxy  7. Creolization and Creole Societies  8. Creolization and Globalization in Réunion  9. Ethnicity and Identity: Creoles of Colour in Louisiana  10. Creolization and Nation-Building in the Hispanic Caribbean  11. The Evolution of a Creole Identity in Cape Verde  Part 3: Popular Culture  12. Calypso Reinvents Itself  13. Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art  14. Louisiana Creole Food Culture  15. African Gods in Contemporary Brazil  16. Architectural Creolization  17. Masquerade Politics  Part 4: Kindred Concepts  18. Hybridity in Cultural Theory: Encounters of a Heterogeneous Kind  19. Mestizaje in Latin America  20. Conceiving Transnationalism  21. Conceiving Cosmopolitanism  22. Syncretism and its Synonyms: Reflections on Cultural Mixture  Part 5: The Creolizing World  23. A Creolizing South Africa? Mixing, Hybridity and Creolization  24. Sacred Subversions? Syncretic Creoles, the Indo-Caribbean, and ‘Cultures in-between’  25. Creolization in Transnational Japan-America  26. Creolization and Nation-Building in Indonesia  27. Swahili Creolization: The Case of Dar es Salaam  28. The World in Creolization