The Caribbean World provides a comprehensive introduction to the region. Drawing principally on anthropology and the humanistic social sciences, this volume aims to highlight the diversity of the region--its peoples, institutions, and histories-while gesturing to the common heritage and unsung unity of a region birthed out of violence and dispossession. The contributors to this volume provide intimate case studies of a range of topics, including:
- The Greater Antilles
- The Caribbean Coast
- The Interior
- The smallest islands of the archipelago
- Indigeneity, Genocide
- Plantation Slavery, Indenture Colonial Violence, and Anti-colonial Revolt Sovereignty
- Citizenship, Law, and Politics
- Religion and Ritual
- Gender and Kinship
- The Environment.
By convening an internationally renowned cohort of authors from the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and Europe, this volume is intended to remain a touchstone for future generations of scholars and a mainstay on undergraduate and graduate curricula as an introduction to the field.
