Creolization Reader - Studies in Mixed Identities and Cultures

Zusatztext '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 Informationen zum Autor Robin Cohen is Professor of Development Studies and Director of the International Migration Institute, University of Oxford. He has held teaching positions in six countries and published extensively on migration, diasporas and social identities. His work on creolization was funded by an Economic and Social Research Council Professorial Fellowship. Paola Toninato is Research Fellow in Sociology and Italian Studies at the University of Warwick. She has a background in cultural anthropology and comparative literature, and is author of a number of relevant publications in the field of comparative cultural studies, migration and minority writing. Klappentext The Creolization Reader illuminates old creole societies and emerging cultures and identities in many parts of the world. Areas covered include Latin America, the South Atlantic/Indian oceans, the Caribbean, West and East Africa, the Pacific and the US. The book is truly inter-disciplinary and provides a timely, reader-friendly and informative overview of creolization. Zusammenfassung The Creolization Reader illuminates old creole societies and emerging cultures and identities in many parts of the world. Areas covered include Latin America, the South Atlantic/Indian oceans, the Caribbean, West and East Africa, the Pacific and the US. The book is truly inter-disciplinary and provides a timely, reader-friendly and informative overview of creolization. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...

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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

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'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

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• Authors: Robin (University of Oxford Cohen, Robin (University of Oxford) Toninato Cohen, Robin Toninato Cohen, Cohen Robin
• Assisted by: Robin Cohen (Editor), Paola Toninato (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.09.2009
• EAN: 9780415498548
• ISBN: 978-0-415-49854-8
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Routledge Student Readers; Routledge Student Readers
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics