Remnants of Conquest - The Island Caribs and Their Visitors, 1877-1998

Zusatztext The book addresses a compelling range of questions about travel, indigenous identity and postcoloniality ... A key contribution of this book is its exploration of complex questions of race and ethnicity. Informationen zum Autor Peter Hulme is Professor of Literature, University of Essex Klappentext Remnants of Conquest offers a detailed account of the modern writers who have visited the Caribs, descendents of the supposedly fierce tribe in the West Indies who fought against European invaders for three centuries. Writers include Jean Rhys and Patrick Leigh Fermor. Zusammenfassung Remnants of Conquest offers a detailed account of the modern writers who have visited the Caribs, descendents of the supposedly fierce tribe in the West Indies who fought against European invaders for three centuries. Writers include Jean Rhys and Patrick Leigh Fermor.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Hulme, HULME PETER
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2001
• EAN: 9780198112150
• ISBN: 978-0-19-811215-0
• No. of pages: 382
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TRAVEL / Caribbean & West Indies, Dominica, Travel writing, Social and cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General