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Frontiers of the Caribbean / Nanton, Philip
(Theory for a global age)
| Material Type | E-Book |
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| Publisher | [Place of publication not identified] : Manchester University Press |
| Year | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Size | 1 online resource |
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| Contents | Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Maps Introduction 1. Pirates of the Caribbean: frontier patterns old and new 2. Locating the frontier in St Vincent and the Grenadines 3. Civilisation and wilderness: the St Vincent and the Grenadines context 4. Frontier retentions 5. Writing the St Vincent frontier 6. Shifting urban and rural frontiers in St Vincent 7. Conclusion by way of afterword References Index |
| Notes | This book argues that the frontier, usually associated with the era of colonial conquest, has great, continuing and under explored relevance to the Caribbean region. Identifying the frontier as a moral, ideational and physical boundary between what is imagined as civilisation and wilderness, the book seeks to extend frontier analysis by focusing on the Eastern Caribbean multi-island state of St Vincent and the Grenadines. The continuing relevance of the concept of frontier, and allied notions of civilisation and wilderness, are illuminated through an analysis of the ways in which SVG is perceived and experienced by both outsiders to the society and its insiders. Using literary sources, biographies and autobiography, the book shows how St Vincent is imagined and made sense of as a modern frontier; a society in the balance between an imposed civilised order and an untameable wild that always encroaches, whether in the form of social dislocation, the urban presence of the 'Wilderness people' or illegal marijuana farming in the northern St Vincent hills. The frontier as examined here has historically been and remains very much a global production. Simultaneously, it is argued that contemporary processes of globalisation shape the development of tourism and finance sectors, as well as patterns of migration, they connect to shifting conceptions of the civilised and the wild, and have implications for the role of the state and politics in frontier societies Open Access English Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-134) and index Title from content provider |
| Authors | *Nanton, Philip. |
| Subjects | FREE:st vincent FREE:frontier FREE:caribbean FREE:wilderness FREE:globalisation FREE:civilisation LCSH:Popular culture -- Caribbean Area All Subject Search LCSH:National characteristics, Caribbean LCSH:National characteristics, Caribbean, in literature FREE:Ethnic studies FREE:Social groups FREE:Social theory FREE:Society and culture: general FREE:Society and social sciences Society and social sciences FREE:Sociology and anthropology FREE:Sociology BISACSH:History -- Caribbean & West Indies All Subject Search BISACSH:Social Science -- Ethnic Studies All Subject Search BISACSH:Social Science -- Sociology All Subject Search FREE:National characteristics, Caribbean FREE:National characteristics, Caribbean, in literature FREE:Popular culture FREE:Caribbean Area BSH:Electronic books |
| Classification | DC23:306.09729 |
| ID | ED00004106 |
| ISBN | 9781526114921 |