Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean : ways of being non/sovereign / edited by Yvon van der Pijl and Francio Guadeloupe ; foreword by Linden Lewis ; epilogue by Anton Allahar.

Format Book
PublicationNew Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Copyright Datecu2022
Descriptionx, 202 pages ; 24 cm.
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Other author/creatorPijl, Yvon van der, 1970- editor.
Other author/creatorGuadeloupe, Francio, 1971- editor.
Other author/creatorLewis, Linden, 1953- author of introduction, etc.
Other author/creatorAllahar, Anton, author of afterword, colophon, etc.
SeriesCritical Caribbean studies
Critical Caribbean studies. ^A1373057
Contents Foreword / Linden Lewis -- Introduction / Francio Guadeloupe and Yvon van der Pijl -- Stories of autonomy on non-sovereign Saba : flipping the script of postcolonial resistance / Nikki Mulder -- "Education must be more!" : imagining and (re)producing St. Martin/Sint Maarten belonging / Jordi Halfman -- People from outside : transnationalism and nationness on 21st century Cura̐ucao / Guiselle Starink-Martha -- The Trinta di Mei labor revolt and its aftermath : anticipating a just and equitable Cura̐ucaoan nation / Rose Mary Allen -- Some are more equal than others : human rights education at the University of Cura̐ucao's School of Law / Lisenne Delgado -- Thinking, seeing, and doing like a kingdom : the making of Caribbean Netherlands statistics and the "native Bonairian" / Francisca Gromm̐ue -- After free markets and foundations : challenges to self-determination on St. Martin / Antonio Carmona B̐uaez -- Sweet breakaway : where equality and liberty meet on Aruba / Gregory Richardson -- "We come out to free up" : movement, dance, and liberation in West Indian calypso / Charissa Granger -- "It's gonna be incredible" : lessons on being, becoming, and belonging from Statian youth / Nicole Sanches and Yvon van der Pijl -- Epilogue / Anton Allahar.
Abstract "Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a collection of essays that explores fundamental questions of equality and freedom on the non-sovereign islands of the Dutch Caribbean. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, historical and media analysis, the study of popular culture, and autoethnographic accounts, the various contributions challenge conventional assumptions about political non/sovereignty. While the book recognizes the existence of nationalist independence movements, it opens a critical space to look at other forms of political articulation, autonomy, liberty, and a good life. Focusing on all six different islands and through a multitude of voices and stories, the volume engages with the everyday projects, ordinary imaginaries, and dreams of equaliberty alongside the work of independistas and traditional social movements aiming for more or full self-determination. As such, it offers a rich and powerful telling of the various ways of being in and belonging to our contemporary postcolonial world"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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