Click picture
for a larger image |
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 |
 | Book review: |
"...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 |
| Book excerpt: |
"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, CSP, 138pp, Full color photographs by Stephanie Keith, Paperback
ISBN 978-1-58432-670-0 |
$35.00 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
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 |
| Book excerpt: |
"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 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
The Caribbean Woman Writer as Scholar
Creating, Imagining, Theorizing
Keshia N. Abraham with a Preface by Carole Boyce Davies |
| Caribbean / African Diaspora Series |
| “What does it mean to be a Caribbean woman writer? Shall I write about being from the Caribbean or about being a woman?...And in what ways am I to differentiate being a writer from being a scholar? Should any such differentiation be made?”
The first volume in The Caribbean / African Diaspora Series, this collection of incisive and provocative essays... More |
September, 2009, Caribbean Studies Press, 462pp, Includes color illustrations, softcover
ISBN 978-1-58432-565-9 |
$40.00 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
Education, Assimilation, and Caribbean Identity
The Literary Journey of the French Caribbean
Marie Leticee, Ph.D. |
| A far-reaching and critical study of the role of education in shaping Caribbean identity. Perceptive studies of the literature and scholarship of French Caribbean writers are framed in the context of the foreign educational curriculum imposed on the people of these islands. Original research and literature analysis are combined in this syncretic approach to the development of the Caribbean... More |
| Book excerpt: |
"Accepting assimilation into French culture meant that they could no longer define themselves as Antilleans. They were now defined by the other as a sub-group....Hence.... Read excerpt |
June, 2009, Caribbean Studies Press, 228pp, Softcover
ISBN 978-1-58432-554-3 |
$24.50 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
Immigration and Politics in the Caribbean
Japanese and Other Immigrants in the Dominican Republic
Valentina Peguero |
| A revealing study of 20th century immigration and racial politics in the Dominican Republic.
The little-known settlements of Japanese immigrants in the Dominican Republic are the basis for this richly informed history of 20th century migration to the Caribbean and Latin America. Yet the connection of Japan to the region is strong, with a considerable volume of trade and approximately 1.5... More |
| Book review: |
"A study of one of the more obscure communities in the multicultural Caribbean, the Japanese who immigrated to the Dominican Republic in the 1950s, Peguero... Read review |
| Book excerpt: |
"From Whie to Non-Black: A Change in Tone in Immigration Guidelines
Structured around contradictory notions of inclusion and exclusion in order to attract the flow of... Read excerpt |
July, 2008, Caribbean Studies Press, 321pp, with black and white photos, softcover
ISBN 978-1-58432-482-9 |
$24.50 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
Revolutionary Freedoms
A History of Survival, Strength, and Imagination in Haiti
Cecile Accilien, Ph.D., Columbus State University; Jessica Adams, Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley; and Elmide Meleance, Montgomery County (MD) Schools, Editors |
| This new perspective on Haitian history features essays that augment the historical paintings of renowned contemporary Haitian-American artist, Ulrick Jean-Pierre.
Poet, playwright, and scholar Kamau Brathwaite has written the powerful Foreword to this volume, which combines scholarship, experience, and inspiration to reveal the complex history of the island that Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic. Chapters cover pre-Columbian and colonial history;... More |
| Book excerpt: |
From the Introduction:
Although Haiti is in constant political and economic turmoil, the fact remains that the Haitian Revolution has been a crucial benchmark in the... Read excerpt |
2006, Caribbean Studies Press, 266pp, 45 full-color reproductions, Hardcover
ISBN 1-58432-293-4 |
$40.00 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
Who's Who in the Haitian Diaspora
Fequiere Vilsaint and Maude Heurtelou |
| This book is a comprehensive reference containing the biographies of outstanding men and women engaged in a wide range of professions and located outside of Haiti. Each biography details the individual's accomplishment, often accompanied by a photograph. |
2008, Educa Vision, Inc., 252pp, b & w photos, Perfect binding (softcover)
ISBN 1584324910 |
$34.50 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
Fine Haitian Cuisine
A Broad Collection of Haitian Recipes
Mona Cassion Ménager |
| A wide-ranging collection of Haitian home-style recipes for delicious, authentic, and traditional dishes. The book is the expression of Mrs. Ménager's lifelong love and appreciation of Haitian food. Thoughtful suggestions accompany the recipe and a useful glossary is also provided. Fine Haitian Cuisine is a gastronomic delight, an extraordinary trip through good memories, traditions, and a way of... More |
| Book review: |
From the Publisher:
Haitian cuisine, with its strong African and French influences, holds a unique position in the world of Caribbean cooking. The food is hearty,... Read review |
| Book excerpt: |
From the Introduction:
Haitian Cuisine is Creole and is derived mostly from African and French cuisines, with a dash of Native American and Spanish influence. In... Read excerpt |
2005, Educa Vision, Inc., 450pp, Color illustrations, Hardcover
ISBN 1-58432-370-1 |
$45.00 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
Vodou, a Sacred Theatre
The African Heritage in Haiti
Marie-Jose Alcide Saint-Lot, Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University |
| This important study examines the relationship between Vodou and theatre, demonstrating that Vodou, like other rituals, encompasses theatrical and dramatic elements that give it the character of sacred theatrer. This work is not limited to a theoretical analysis of various elements of the theater in relation to Vodou, but presents observations on actual Vodou ceremonies and interviews and testimonies from... More |
| Book review: |
"Vodou, a Sacred Theatre is a work of intellectual weaving and braiding. Here one finds, skillfully entwined, reflections on ritual and drama, religion and entertainment,... Read review |
| Book excerpt: |
From Chapter III, Theatrical Elements of Vodou:
As in acting where the performer must follow the convention of a play, in Vodou, the theatricality of possession... Read excerpt |
2003, Educa Vision, Inc., 220pp, 75 color illustrations; additional black and white illustrations, Hardcover
ISBN 1-58432-177-6 |
$50.00 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
Fifty Days on Board of a Slave Vessel
Pacoe G.Hill |
| A true and chilling account of life on a slave ship and the horrible business of slavery by the Chaplain aboard the H.M.S. Cleopatra in the Mozambique Channel in 1842. |
| Book review: |
Early reviews
"We hope this little book will have a wide circulation. We can conceive nothing so likely to do good to the righteous cause it... Read review |
| Book excerpt: |
From "A Visit to Rio de Janeiro"
I attended on the slave-auctions which take place usually every week, having been previously advertised in the Gazettes. About... Read excerpt |
2002, Educa Vision, Inc., 166pp, Softcover
ISBN 0-933121-46-6 |
$10.00 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
Modernity Disavowed
Haiti and the Cultures of Slavery in the Age of Revolution
Sibylle Fischer, Ph.D., Duke University |
| This work of scholarship reveals how the radical antislavery politics of the Haitian Revolution have been suppressed and ignored in historical and cultural records of the past 200 years. The author contends that revolutionary antislavery and its subsequent disavowal are central to Western modernity. |
| Book review: |
“Modernity Disavowed is a tour de force. This magnificent work is the best book on its subject and at the forefront of a new wave... Read review |
2004, Duke University Press, 384pp, 14, Softcover
ISBN 0-8223-3290-6 |
$24.95 |
|
|
|
|
Click picture
for a larger image |
Hybrid Cultures
Strategies for Entering and Leaving Modernity
Nestor Carcia Canclini, Ph.D., Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana |
| This well-written and -researched study questions whether Latin America can compete in a global marketplace without losing its cultural identity. The work also examines the development of democratic institutions in the region, and clarifies ideological trends. |
| Book review: |
“A rare combination of breadth and detail is brought to bear on the relations between tradition and modernity, and between local cultural phenomena and globalising... Read review |
2005, University of Minnesota Press, 328pp, 52 halftones, 7 line art, Softcover
ISBN 0-8166-4668-6 |
$22.95 |
|
|
|
|
|
