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Cuba
The Struggle for Consumption
Anna C. Pertierra |
| For the past 20 years in Cuba, urban life has been characterized by a shortage of material resources, a decline in living standards, and an unpredictable and changing economy. By researching everyday activities in the island's second-largest city, Santiago de Cuba, this book presents a dynamic portrait of contemporary domestic life and consumer culture in Santiago de Cuba, which... More |
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"The daily experiences of being a consumer in a society where consumption is largely experienced as frustration and an absence of desirable goods has come... Read excerpt |
October 2011, Caribbean Studies Press Cat # CSP7530, 275pp, 14 b&w illustrations, softcover
ISBN 978-1-58432-753-0 Cat # CSP7530 |
$24.50 |
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A Spirited Butterfly
A History of Fashion in Trinidad and Tobago
Rosemary Stone |
| This lavishly illustrated book presents a historical perspective and a contemporary look at fashion design and manufacturing, as well as the role of the fashion industry in the social, cultural and economic development of Trinidad and Tobago. Chapters review the history of fashion development from 1834, after slavery, through the twentieth century and brings us to an exciting and new... More |
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"In the Caribbean, especially in Trinidad and Tobago, designers do not need muses or fantasy women to produce desirable outfits; they tend to sacrifice the... Read excerpt |
May 2011, Caribbean Studies Press Cat # CSP7212, 285pp, Over 100 color illustrations, softcover
ISBN 978-1-58432-717-2 |
$60.00 |
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Pawol Lakay
Haitian Creole Language and Culture for Beginner and Intermediate Learners
Frenand Leger |
| Pawol Lakay is a complete first and second year set of Kreyol materials designed for beginners and intermediate learners at the college level. It is the most comprehensive resource for the teaching and learning of Kreyol available on the market. This textbook adopts a pragmatic approach to the teaching of language: emphasizing the value of communicative competence, functional language use,... More |
2011, Educa Vision Inc, 481pp, Cover Design By: Louise Canuto, Paperback
ISBN 978584326878 |
$54.95 |
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Social Networks and the Mental Health of Haitian Immigrants
Nicolas, DeSilva, Donnelly |
| Haitian immigration to the U.S. is steadily increasing, with Haitians comprising the 3rd largest ethnic group in the U.S.
Stressors of discrimination and prejudice, combined with acculturation, may predispose Haitians to particular mental health problems. Scarce existing research suffers from a rudimentary understanding of Haitian life, and little is known about family and community life and acculturation.
The authors aim to elucidate... More |
11/01/10, Caribbean Studies Press Cat # CSP 5664, 194pp, Paperback
ISBN 978-1-58432-686-1 |
$24.50 |
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Music of the Indian Diaspora in Trinidad
Laxmi G. Tewari |
| The largely rural Indian diaspora in Trinidad traditionally placed great importance on ceremonial folk songs. Passing down these oral traditions is important in maintaining Indian philosophy and values. This book chronicles life-cycle ceremonies and festivals with their songs. Includes 222 songs in Devanagari script, followed by English translations.
Music CD accompanies the book.
Catalog #: CSP5661 |
11/01/10, Caribbean Studies Press, 290pp, Paperback with CD
ISBN 978-1-58432-647-2 |
$40.00 |
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World Class Trinidad & Tobago
An Area of Abundance
Elliot Bastien & Sandra Bernard-Bastien |
| Virtually an Encyclopedia of Trinidad & Tobago, this book is the ideal vehicle for presenting our achievements to our young and not so young - particularly those who may be out of touch because they live abroad.
Apart from its value as an impressive gift for family, friends, key clients and investors, World Class Trinidad & Tobago, an attractive full-color book... More |
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262pp, Full color photographs, Hard Cover
ISBN 978-9-76819-373-5 |
$45.00 |
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Divergent Dictions
Contemporary Dominican Literature
Néstor E. Rodríguez |
| This translation of the well-received "Escrituras de Desencuentro en la República Dominicana" examines the writings of Dominican and Dominican-American authors such as Junot Díaz, Julia Álvarez, Josafina Báez, Manuel Rueda, Rita Hernández, Aurora Arias, and Silvio Torres-Saillant.
The author posits that this work is a radical aesthetic enterprise challenging the Dominican cultural establishment. These writers represent Dominicanness as a diverse... More |
10/01/10, Caribbean Studies Press Cat # CSP5660, 180pp, Paperback
ISBN 978-1-58432-654-0 |
$24.50 |
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Vodou Brooklyn
Five Ceremonies with Mambo Marie Carmel
Stephanie Keith |
| This book is an intimate portrayal of a Haitian immigrant Vodou priestess. Color photographs and text document the young Mambo presiding over five distinct Vodou ceremonies held in one year in a single basement in Brooklyn, NY. By focusing on what happens in this transformed basement, the reader becomes personally involved with the people of this community through seeing them... More |
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"...I have never seen photography as respectful, as transcendent, as perfect as that of Stephanie Keith's..."
Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Houngan Asogwe and Professor of Africology
University of... Read review |
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"I began to follow Marie Carmel to all her various ceremonies....she started having small events in her apartment, and friends' apartments and at various rented... Read excerpt |
08/16/2010, Caribbean Studies Press Cat # CSP5662, 138pp, Full color photographs by Stephanie Keith, Paperback
ISBN 978-1-58432-670-0 |
$35.00 |
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Tales from the Heart of Haiti
Patti Marxsen |
| A collection of short stories presenting a fresh perspective of the people of Haiti by narrating their interactions with those who come from elsewhere and try to help. Haiti overflows with expatriates and missionaries who desire to do good, especially now. But how much do foreign "helpers" see and know? What can they comprehend? Only when we allow ourselves to... More |
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"Intertwining the stories of Haitians and the foreigners who wish to help them, Marxsen moves seamlessly between these two worlds, joining them through tales of... Read review |
March 2010, Educa Vision, Inc., 122pp, Paperback
ISBN 978-1-58432-615-1 |
$17.50 |
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Fieldwork Identities in the Caribbean
Erin B. Taylor |
| What is it really like to do fieldwork?
Answers to this question are as diverse as the researchers and the field sites they choose. Anthropologists no longer fit the stereotype of white Westerners going to exotic places to study people very different from themselves. Rather, anthropologists now come from a variety of backgrounds, and their identities are complicated, even to them.
This... More |
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"This book emerged from a simple question posed to me by a graduate student in anthropology. She asked me,... Read excerpt |
12/15/2009, Caribbean Studies Press. Catalog Number: CSP6007, 258pp, Paperback
ISBN 978-1-58432-600-7 |
$27.50 |
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