Cultural Identity and Creolization in National Unity: The Multiethnic Caribbean - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761834478 ISBN 13: 9780761834472

Publisher: University Press Of America, 2006

Synopsis

In the grand design of slavery in the Caribbean, White planters separated African slaves of similar tribal and linguistic groups in an effort to destroy African cultural traditions. The result was an African population that lost most of its African heritage and adopted a creolized variant of European culture. The dominance of Creolization, a colonial legacy, ignores the Caribbean multiethnic mosaic and endangers national unity, good governance, and political stability. Through a series of readings, this book argues that the Creolization is antithetical and challenging to nation building and results in cultural and working-class fragmentation, competition for national space, ranking, ethno-cultural categorization, racialization of consciousness, cultural imperialism, use of the 'political' race card, and ethnic dominance. This book acknowledges the need to create a framework for mutual cultural appreciation and institutionalization of all cultures in the pursuit of national unity in the Caribbean.

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About the Author

Prem Misir is the Pro-Chancellor at the University of Guyana.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761834478
• ISBN 13: 9780761834472
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248
• Editor: Misir Prem