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The Sides of the Sea

Caribbean Women Writing Diaspora

University Press of Mississippi

An essential study focused on theories of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in the work of contemporary Caribbean women writers

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Civic Buildings after the Spanish-American War

University Press of Mississippi

How Beaux-Arts edifices reveal the United States’ imperialistic vision in the Caribbean

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Matria Redux

Caribbean Women Novelize the Past

University Press of Mississippi

A feminist exploration of postcolonial Caribbean literature, analyzed within the framework of an imagined maternal space and time

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Reproducing Domination

On the Caribbean Postcolonial State

University Press of Mississippi

A comprehensive collection of essays from a renowned postcolonial scholar

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The Unexceptional Case of Haiti

Race and Class Privilege in Postcolonial Bourgeois Society

University Press of Mississippi

A deeply researched upending of the trope of Haiti as the Black Republic

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Erna Brodber and Velma Pollard

Folklore and Culture in Jamaica

University Press of Mississippi

An exploration of two sisters’ writings that emphasizes Jamaica from a local perspective

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Surinamese Music in the Netherlands and Suriname

By Marcel Weltak; Translated by Scott Rollins
University Press of Mississippi

Available in English for the first time, the integral and only book on all the music of a most diverse nation

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One Grand Noise

Boxing Day in the Anglicized Caribbean World

University Press of Mississippi

The first comprehensive study of how Boxing Day is celebrated across the Caribbean

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Slave Revolt on Screen

The Haitian Revolution in Film and Video Games

University Press of Mississippi

A trailblazing book on the depiction of the Haitian Revolution in film and video games

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Dougla in the Twenty-First Century

Adding to the Mix

University Press of Mississippi

A sounding of a vibrant multiracial identity often unknown outside the Caribbean

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Taking Flight

Caribbean Women Writing from Abroad

University Press of Mississippi

A groundbreaking exploration of the impact of trauma based on gender, sexuality, and race across the Anglophone Caribbean

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Maroons and the Marooned

Runaways and Castaways in the Americas

University Press of Mississippi

A provocative juxtaposition of escaped slaves and the shipwrecked across the Americas

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Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection

Manzano, Plácido, and Afro-Latino Religion

University Press of Mississippi

A fascinating discovery of the inception of both black Cuban literature and its Afro-Latino religious powers

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Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection

Manzano, Plácido, and Afro-Latino Religion

University Press of Mississippi

A fascinating discovery of the inception of both black Cuban literature and its Afro-Latino religious powers

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Carnival Is Woman

Feminism and Performance in Caribbean Mas

University Press of Mississippi

Revelations of both the burgeoning power and expression of women celebrating Carnival

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Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory

University Press of Mississippi

A well-known public intellectual’s intense engagement with politics in the contemporary Caribbean

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Connecting Histories

Francophone Caribbean Writers Interrogating Their Past

University Press of Mississippi

A comprehensive introduction to five Caribbean writers and their confrontation with trauma

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Mulata Nation

Visualizing Race and Gender in Cuba

University Press of Mississippi

A vivid exploration of the key role played by multiracial women in visualizing and performing Cuban identity

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In the Forests of Freedom

The Fighting Maroons of Dominica

University Press of Mississippi

The untold story of escaped slaves, their battle against colonial overlords, and the lasting impact in the Caribbean

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The Indian Caribbean

Migration and Identity in the Diaspora

University Press of Mississippi

A primary survey of the oral history and ethnography in the transformative South Asian diaspora

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