Defining the Caymanian Identity analyzes the factions and schisms surging throughout the multicultural, multi-ethnic, and polarized Cayman Islands to identify who or what is considered a Caymanian.
About the Author: Christopher Williams is assistant professor of history, English, and philosophy at the University College of the Cayman Islands.
278 Pages
History, Caribbean & West Indies
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About the Book
This book analyzes the schisms throughout the Cayman Islands to identify who or what is considered a Caymanian. Caymanian traditions have all but been eclipsed, often due to overpowering cultural sensibilities. Williams investigates the pervasive effects of globalization, mult...
Book Synopsis
Defining the Caymanian Identity analyzes the factions and schisms surging throughout the multicultural, multi-ethnic, and polarized Cayman Islands to identify who or what is considered a Caymanian. In the modern world where Caymanian traditions have all but been eclipsed, or forgotten, often due to incoming, overpowering cultural sensibilities, it is a challenge to know where traditional Caymanian culture begins and modern Caymanian culture ends. With this idea in mind, Christopher A. Williams investigates the pervasive effects of globalization, multiculturalism, economics, and xenophobia on an authentic, if dying, indigenous Caymanian culture. This book introduces and expounds the provocative solution that the continued prosperity of the Cayman Islands and their so-called indigenous people may well depend on a synergistic moral link between Caymanianness and foreignness, between Caymanianness and modernity.
Review Quotes
"This book is an insightful study of identity formation, belonging, and indigeneity in the Cayman Islands, a small British dependency in the Caribbean, which has seen high levels of in-migration in recent decades. Its strength is its 'insider' perspective, and its presentation of testimonies from a very wide range of present-day natives and residents of these islands." --Bridget Brereton, Emerita Professor of History, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
"The Cayman Islands, known primarily for tourism and financial services, have thus far attracted little scholarly attention, but, as Christopher Williams shows in this insightful study, they are an ideal case study for inquiries into the effects of globalization and multicultural identity formation. Employing methodologies drawn from history, cultural studies, and sociology, Christopher Williams's lucidly written work shows us the highly contested nature of Caymanian history, and communal and individual identity; just as importantly, he demonstrates that developments in the Caymans offer important lessons for the study of the entire Caribbean region." --Natalie Zacek, University of Manchester "In this impressive study, Williams provides an extensive, enriching, and persuasive account of the encounters and impact of globalization on contemporary Caymanian culture and identity. The breadth of this book's analysis, scope of enquiry, and audacity of its critique will undoubtedly reshape our understanding, and perhaps influence the direction of emerging scholarship on the Caymanian identity." --Abou Jeng, Centre for Research, Development and Social Justice Advocacy
About the Author
Christopher Williams is assistant professor of history, English, and philosophy at the University College of the Cayman Islands.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .62 Inches (D)
Weight: .89 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 278
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Caribbean & West Indies
Publisher: Lexington Books
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Christopher A Williams
Language: English
Street Date: September 8, 2017
TCIN: 1011235340
UPC: 9781498530279
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-8217
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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