Theorizing a Colonial Caribbean-Atlantic Imaginary: Sugar and Obeah

by Keith Sandiford

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This book develops a theory of a Caribbean-Atlantic imaginary by exploring the ways two colonial texts represent the consciousnesses of Amerindians, Africans, and Europeans at two crucial points marking respectively the origins and demise of slavocratic systems in the West Indies. Focusing on Richard Ligon's History of Barbados (1657) and Matthew 'Monk' Lewis' Journal of a West India Proprietor (1834), the study identifies specific myths and belief...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1138868868

ISBN13:9781138868861

Release Date:March 2015

Publisher:Routledge

Length:204 Pages

Weight:0.62 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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