This book offers close readings of all nine of the novels of Roy A. K. Heath, a British writer, teacher, and lawyer born in British Guyana. Discussion encompasses major themes such as social diffe
Based on chapters in the author's dissertation, this volume details the 1935 riots in the British Caribbean colony of St. Vincent, which broke out on the grounds of the court house during a meeting
Looks at the staus of such traditional Caribbean music styles as gospel and calypso, explores the arrival of new musical styles in the Eastern Caribbean, and discusses electronic music and Caribbean m
Two and a half centuries since Obeah was first criminalized in Jamaica, say Handler (emeritus, anthropology and black American studies, Southern Illinois U.-Carbondale) and Bilby (anthropology, Smiths
