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almafu_9959941659602883
Format:
1 online resource (543 p.)
ISBN:
9781478013099
Series Statement:
The Latin America Readers
Content:
From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. Yet many of its most important historical, cultural, and political events and aspects are largely unknown beyond the island. The Jamaica Reader presents a panoramic history of the country, from its precontact indigenous origins to the present. Combining more than one hundred classic and lesser-known texts that include journalism, lyrics, memoir, and poetry, the Reader showcases myriad voices from over the centuries: the earliest published black writer in the English-speaking world; contemporary dancehall artists; Marcus Garvey; and anonymous migrant workers. It illuminates the complexities of Jamaica's past, addressing topics such as resistance to slavery, the modern tourist industry, the realities of urban life, and the struggle to find a national identity following independence in 1962. Throughout, it sketches how its residents and visitors have experienced and shaped its place in the world. Providing an unparalleled look at Jamaica's history, culture, and politics, this volume is an ideal companion for anyone interested in learning about this magnetic and dynamic nation.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Note on Abridgment --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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I Becoming Jamaica --
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Introduction --
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Taíno Society --
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Taíno Worship --
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The First European Account of Jamaica --
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A Spanish Settler in Jamaica --
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The Spanish Capital --
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Slavery in Spanish Jamaica --
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A Description of Spanish Jamaica --
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The Economy of Spanish Jamaica --
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The Western Design --
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Mountains of Gold Turned into Dross --
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The Establishment of Maroon Society --
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II From English Conquest to Slave Society --
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Pirate Stronghold --
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Port Royal Destroyed --
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White Servants --
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The Rise of Slave Society --
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African Music in Jamaica --
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A Maroon Tradition --
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Treaty between the British and the Maroons --
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African Arrivals --
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Spiritual Terror --
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Two Enslaved Lives --
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Increase and Decrease --
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A Free Black Poet --
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Jamaica Talk --
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The War of 1760–1761 --
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III Enlightenment Slavery --
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Creole Society --
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Cane and Coffee --
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Women’s and Men’s Work under Slavery --
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Although a Slave Me Is Born and Bred --
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Capture and Enslavement --
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The Black Church --
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British Missionaries --
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The Second Maroon War --
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Jonkanoo --
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Provision Grounds --
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The Liberation War of 1831 --
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Apprenticeship and Its Conflicts --
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An Apprentice’s Story --
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Because of 1833 --
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IV Colonial Freedom --
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Free Villages --
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Cholera --
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Black Voters --
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Religion after Slavery --
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Indentured Workers --
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The Morant Bay Rebellion --
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Dear Lucy --
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Vindicating the Race --
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August Town Craze --
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Anansi and the Tiger --
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The 1907 Earthquake --
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Traveling from Kingston to Montego Bay --
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V Jamaica Arise --
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Life in Rural Jamaica --
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An Amazing Island --
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Marcus Garvey Comes to the United States --
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Jamaica and the Great War --
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Returning from War --
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Self-Government for Jamaica --
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The 1938 Rebellion --
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Remembering the Rebellion --
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Now We Know --
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Cookshop Culture --
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My Mother Who Fathered Me --
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The Origins of Dreadlocks --
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Pleasure Island --
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Hurricane Charlie --
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Jamaican East Indians --
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Blackness and Beauty --
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Chinese Jamaica --
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Bauxite --
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The West Indies Federation --
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Rastafari and the New Nation --
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VI Independence and After --
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A Date with Destiny --
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The Meaning of Independence --
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The Assets We Have --
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Rastafari and the Coral Gardens Incident --
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Country Boy --
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How to Be a “Face-Man” --
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Cancer in West Kingston --
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Birth of the Sound System --
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Rudie, Oh Rudie! --
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1968 Revisited --
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The Visual Arts --
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Better Mus’ Come --
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Bob Marley’s Fame --
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Ganja Smoking --
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We Are Not for Sale --
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Zig-Zag Politics and the IMF --
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Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow --
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Equal Rights --
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A Helper’s Story --
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VII Jamaica in the Age of Neoliberalism --
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Nine Months of Turmoil --
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Seaga v. Manley --
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Born Fi’ Dead --
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Sunsplash 1984 --
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Walking Jewellery Store --
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Hurricane Story, 1988 --
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Wild Gilbert --
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Showing Skin Teeth --
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Slackness --
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Downtown Ladies --
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Jamaica’s Shame --
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Woman Time Now --
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A Wild Ride --
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Skin Bleaching --
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Tragedy in Tivoli --
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The Cell Phone and the Economy of Communication --
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Unsustainable Development --
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The Case for Reparations --
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These Islands of Love and Hate --
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VIII Jamaicans in the World --
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In the Canal Zone --
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A Diaspora Story --
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Going to Cuba --
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Tropics in New York --
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Little Brown Girl --
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Colonization in Reverse --
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A Farmworker in Florida --
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Reggae and Possible Africas --
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Canadian-Jamaican --
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A Maid in New York City --
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My Great Shun --
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Homecomers --
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Return to Jamaica --
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Things Change --
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Jamaica to the World --
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Suggestions for Further Reading --
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Acknowledgment of Copyrights and Sources --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1515/9781478013099
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781478013099
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