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The confounding island : Jamaica and the postcolonial predicament / Orlando Patterson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2019Description: x, 409 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674988057
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.097292 PAT  23
LOC classification:
  • HN223.5 .P37 2019
Other classification:
Summary: "Orlando Patterson returns to Jamaica, his birthplace, to reckon with its history and culture. Locals claim to be some of the world's happiest people, and their successes in music and athletics are legendary. Yet the country remains violent and poor. In Jamaica the dilemmas of globalization and postcolonial politics are thrown into stark relief"-- Provided by publisher.
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Book Book Institute of English General Stacks Institute of English 306.097292 PAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available ENG16163

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Orlando Patterson returns to Jamaica, his birthplace, to reckon with its history and culture. Locals claim to be some of the world's happiest people, and their successes in music and athletics are legendary. Yet the country remains violent and poor. In Jamaica the dilemmas of globalization and postcolonial politics are thrown into stark relief"-- Provided by publisher.

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