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Title: After the Postcolonial Caribbean : Memory, Imagination, Hope
Description: Examines the history, and possible futures, of radical politics in the postcolonial Caribbean'A book of rare beauty'- Bill Schwarz, Professor at Queen Mary University of LondonAcross the Anglophone Caribbean, the great expectations of independence were never met. From Black Power and Jamaican Democratic Socialism to the Grenada Revolution, the radical currents that once animated the region recede into memory. More than half a century later, the likelihood of radical change appears vanishingly small on the horizon. But what were the twists and turns in the postcolonial journey that brought us here? And is there hope yet for the Caribbean to advance towards more just, democratic, and empowering futures?After the Postcolonial Caribbean is structured into two parts. In'Remembering', Brian Meeks employs an autobiographical form, drawing on his own memories and experiences of the radical politics and culture of the Caribbean in the decades following the end of colonialism. In'Imagining'he takes inspiration from the likes of Edna Manley, George Lamming, and Stuart Hall in reaching toward a new theoretical framework that might help forge new currents of intellectual and political resistance.Meeks concludes by making the case for reestablishing optimism as a necessary cornerstone for any reemergent progressive movement.
Authors: Brian Meeks
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Subjects: Social change--Caribbean Area, Postcolonialism--Caribbean Area
Categories: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)
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