Embodying the postcolonial life : immigrant stories of resistance / Maurice L. Hall, Jennifer Keane-Dawes, Amardo Rodriguez.

Author/creator Hall, Maurice L.
Other author Keane-Dawes, Jennifer Maria.
Other author Rodriguez, Amardo.
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst, N.Y. : Humanity Books, 2004.
Description166 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Caribbean Americans--Social conditions. --Anecdotes.
Scholars--United States. --Social conditions. --Anecdotes.
Immigrants--United States. --Social conditions. --Anecdotes.
Caribbean Americans--Biography.
Scholars--United States. --Biography.
Immigrants--United States. --Biography.
Postcolonialism--Social aspects. --United States. --Anecdotes.
Cultural pluralism--United States. --Anecdotes.
Ethnicity--United States. --Anecdotes.
United States--Ethnic relations. --Anecdotes.

Contents Mapping the terrain : the Caribbean as a postcolonial space / Maurice L. Hall -- Proverbial responses to the stereotype of Quashee : a postcolonial identity negotiation as consequence / Jennifer Keane-Dawes -- Theorizing the worker : an auto-ethnographic reframing of the meaning(s) of work from a postcolonial perspective / Maurice L. Hall -- Rhythm nation : on the origins and nature of rhythm / Amardo Rodriguez -- Positioning the postcolonial subject as illegitimate : narrating the experiences of being black, foreign, and female in US academia / Jennifer Keane-Dawes -- On being narrative and being human : embodying our narrativity / Amardo Rodriguez -- Dear Jamaica : immigrant stories of cultural resistance / Jennifer Keane-Dawes and Maurice L. Hall -- The burden of postcolonialism / Amardo Rodriguez -- Our final thoughts.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2004011312
ISBN1591022592 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E184.C27 H35 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold