Inward stretch, outward reach : a voice from the Caribbean

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Inward stretch, outward reach : a voice from the Caribbean

Rex Nettleford

Macmillan Caribbean, 1993

  • pbk
  • hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index

Contents of Works

  • The Caribbean, crossroads of the Americas
  • Caribbean crisis and challenges to the year 2000
  • The creative imagination and creative intellect in global learning : a view from the Third World
  • Cultural identity and the arts : new horizons for Caribbean social sciences?
  • The importance of history to Caribbean self-knowledge
  • The battle for space
  • Cultural resistance in Caribbean society : dance and survival
  • Threats to national and cultural identity : media, education and culture as weapons of war
  • Cultural integration and co-operation in the wider Caribbean and Latin America
  • Garvey's legacy
  • Preserving the Caribbean heritage : a challenge for the Caribbean media
  • Afterword : New ways of living

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Description

This is a collection of essays which further Professor Nettleford's exploration of Commonwealth Caribbean cultural identity and the quest for intellectual and cultural independence. Written at different times over the past two decades, the essays are presented with recurring themes which endeavour to explain in part the Caribbean's chequered past, define certain aspects of the current crisis and point directions towards a tolerable future. Collectively, the essays constitute a cultural statement with an historical perspective, and should provide essential reading for native West Indians, students of the Caribbean and of the African diaspora, and those interested in the issues of post-colonial cultural practices and cultural studies generally. The collection also reflects current European discussions and the extensive dialogue in the USA on multi-culturalism. Other books by Rex Nettleford include "Mirror Mirror: Identity, Race and Protest in Jamaica", "Manley and the New Jamaica", "Caribbean Cultural Identity", "Dance Jamaica: Cultural Definition and Artistic Discovery", "Rastafarians in Kingston, Jamaica" (with M.G. Smith and F.R. Augier) and "The University of the West Indies: A Caribbean Response to the Challenge of Change" (with Peter Sherlock).

Table of Contents

  • The Caribbean - crossroads of the Americas
  • Caribbean crisis and challenges to the year 2000
  • the creative imagination and the creative intellect in global learning - a view from the Third World
  • cultural identity and the arts - new horizons for Caribbean social sciences
  • the importance of history to Caribbean self-knowledge
  • the battle for space
  • cultural resistance in Caribbean society - dance and survival
  • threats to national and cultural identity (media, education and culture as weapons of war)
  • cultural integration and co-operation in the wider Caribbean and Latin America
  • Garvey's legacy - some perspectives
  • preserving the Caribbean heritage
  • afterword - new ways of living.

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