Imaging the Caribbean - by P Mohammed (Paperback)

Name: Imaging the Caribbean - by P Mohammed (Paperback)
Brand: Palgrave MacMillan
SKU: 1008493799
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This ground-breaking study of the Caribbean's iconography traces the history of visual representations of the region, as perceived by outsider and insider alike, over the last five hundred years.
About the Author: Patricia Mohammed is Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.
387 Pages
Social Science, Regional Studies

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This ground-breaking study of the Caribbean's iconography traces the history of visual representations of the region, as perceived by outsider and insider alike, over the last five hundred years. It circles the Caribbean while focusing on Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Barbados, tracing the parameters drawn on each society by the colonial encounter and drawing from the methodologies and material of history, literature, art, gender, and cultural studies.

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Introduction: The Palette * Voyage in the Light * Mapping the West Indies * Symbols of Caribbean Antiquity * The European Gaze * The African Presence * The Asian Signature * The Invention of the Caribbean Picturesque * Taking Possession: Symbols of Empire and Nationhood * Epilogue in Tempera

About the Author

Patricia Mohammed is Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.2 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 387

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Regional Studies

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Format: Paperback

Author: P Mohammed

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Language: English

Street Date: May 15, 2010

TCIN: 1008493799

UPC: 9780230104495

Item Number (DPCI): 315-00-0146

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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