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Afro-Creole : power, opposition, and play in the Caribbean
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- Creator
- Richard D.E. Burton
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997
- Physical Details
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- x, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780801432491, 0801432499
- OCLC
- ocm36041555
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-290) and index.
- 1. From African to Afro-Creole: The Making of Jamaican Slave Culture, 1655-1838 -- 2. Resistance and Opposition in Jamaica, 1800-1834 -- 3. In the Shadow of the Whip: Religion and Opposition in Jamaica, 1834-1992 -- 4. The Carnival Complex -- 5. Masquerade, Possession, and Power in the Caribbean
Subjects
- Slavery -- West Indies -- History.
- Creoles -- Jamaica -- Religion.
- Creoles -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Social life and customs.
- Creoles -- Haiti -- Religion.
- Government, Resistance to -- West Indies -- History.
- Jamaica -- Civilization -- African influences.
- Trinidad and Tobago -- Civilization -- African influences.
- Haiti -- Civilization -- African influences.
- West Indies -- Race relations.