Frontiers of the Caribbean

Frontiers of the Caribbean

This book argues that the frontier, usually associated with the era of colonial conquest, has great, continuing and under explored relevance to the Caribbean region. Identifying the frontier as a moral, ideational and physical boundary between what is imagined as civilisation and wilderness, the boo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Manchester University Press, publisher (publisher)
Otros Autores: Nanton, Philip, author (author), Nanton, Philip, contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, England : Manchester University Press 2017
2017.
Colección:Theory for a global age.
Materias:
National characteristics, Caribbean.
National characteristics, Caribbean, in literature.
Boundaries > Social aspects.
Boundaries > Philosophy.
Popular culture > Caribbean Area.
Postcolonialism > Caribbean Area.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of abbreviations
  • Maps
  • Introduction
  • 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: frontier patterns old and new
  • 2. Locating the frontier in St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • 3. Civilisation and wilderness: the St Vincent and the Grenadines context
  • 4. Frontier retentions
  • 5. Writing the St Vincent frontier
  • 6. Shifting urban and rural frontiers in St Vincent
  • 7. Conclusion by way of afterword
  • References
  • Index.

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