Race, Class, and Nationalism in the Twenty-First-Century Caribbean

Race, Class, and Nationalism in the Twenty-First-Century Caribbean
Format
Hardback
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Country
United States
Published
1 November 2024
Pages
384
ISBN
9780820366364

Race, Class, and Nationalism in the Twenty-First-Century Caribbean

This collection of more than a dozen essays focuses on the political dynamics of race, class, and nationalism in the contemporary Caribbean. Despite the plethora of studies on nationalism in the Caribbean, few have attempted to look at the phenomenon as a political invention that does not-and cannot-serve the interests of all: how essentialist, reductive, overdetermining nationalism is a political and conceptual confusion that forever stalls the project of universal human emancipation.

Editors Scott Timcke and Shelene Gomes gather and frame chapters that, in their collective expression, help trace the process of race, class, and nationalism through the contours of a broader political, economic, and social geography. These chapters argue that notions of racial identity have changed over time, but those reformations are not independent of class rule or nationalism. By using several case studies that span the Anglo, Dutch, French, and Spanish Caribbean and focus on the development of political organizations, hardships, and ideology, each of these essays continues the struggle for liberation against elite entrenchment.

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