Thomas, Deborah A., 1966-

Modern blackness : nationalism, globalization, and the politics of culture in Jamaica / Deborah A. Thomas - Durham : Duke University Press, 2004 - xiv, 357 p. ; 25 cm. - Latin America otherwise .

The "problem" of nationalism in the British West Indies, or, "What we are and what we hope to be" -- Political economies of culture -- Strangers and friends -- Institutionalizing (racialized) progress -- Emancipating the nation (again) -- Political economies of modernity -- Modern blackness, or, Theoretical "tripping" on black vernacular culture.

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Ethnicity--Jamaica.
Identity (Psychology)--Jamaica.
Nationalism--Jamaica.
Politics and culture--History.--Jamaica
Social classes--Jamaica.
Popular culture--Jamaica.
Globalization--Social aspects--Jamaica.


Jamaica--Cultural policy.

Jamaika Nationalismus Identitèat Schwarze Geschichte 1990-2004

216 F 1874 / T455m 2004

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