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Honouringthe remarkable career of Professor Hubert Devonish, a leading scholar inlinguistics, language education, and cultural studies, Soundsof Advocacy, Language and Liberation provides a representative spread oflinguistics addressing critical areas of academic and social responsibilitythrough the exploration and analysis of theoretical and sociocultural concerns.Through his tireless research Devonish illuminated the complexities ofCaribbean Creole languages and championed their rightful place in academia andsociety.This festschriftreveals the impact of Devonish's work on linguistic theory, spanningfascinating topics like implosives in Jamaican Creole and the mathematicalconstraints on allowable sentences in Guyanese Creole. The papers contain insightfulanalyses of the relationship between language, education, and culture, including Devonish's groundbreaking work on Creole language literacy and theimportance of promoting multilingualism. Provocative discussions on theintersection of politics, law, and language, shed light on Devonish'sunwavering commitment to social justice and the empowerment of marginalisedcommunities. Morethan just a collection of academic contributions, Sounds of Advocacy serves as a tribute to Professor Devonish'sdedication to intellectual inquiry, social justice, and the advancement ofCaribbean languages and cultures.

Thehistorical study of food and the anthropology of food are recent and growingfields of scholarly inquiry. An understanding of these aspects of life canreveal much about a culture's crop production, economy, preparation methods, festivals, foodways, history, and environmental care and degradation. Thisbeautifully illustrated book by one of the Caribbean's pre-eminent historians, B.W. Higman, sheds new light on food and cultural practices in Jamaica from thetime of the earliest Taino inhabitants through the introduction of differentfoodways by enslaved peoples, to creole adaptations to the fast-food phenomenaof the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The author examines the shift inJamaican food practices over time, from the Tainos' use of bitter cassava to theMaroons' introduction of jerk pork, and the population's love affair with thefruits of the island such as pawpaw, guava, star apple, and avocado pear. Inthis accessible study, Higman traces how endemic animals, delicacies such asthe turtle, ringtail pigeon, black land crab and mountain mullet, barelyretained their popular status into the early twentieth century and are nowalmost completely forgotten, their populations dramatically depleted, oftenendangered. Thetwo main sections of the book deal separately with plants and animals. Plantsare grouped together according to the parts of them used as food: roots, stalksand leaves, fruits and seeds. Generally, all aspects of a particular plant havebeen discussed together and the plant as a whole has been located in itsdominant use. Animals are treated in the same way, putting all of their uses ina single place but grouped into biological families.

Unlock the secrets of sustainable Caribbeantourism in Sun Lust to Sun Plus: Niche Tourism in the Caribbean, a comprehensiveoverview of niche tourism development strategies that are restructuring theparadisiacal destinations of the Caribbean. Discover how the small islanddeveloping states (SIDS) of the Caribbean are redefining their approach totourism, moving from traditional mass tourism, the "Sun Lust" of the past, to amore sustainable and diverse model, the "Sun Plus" of the present and future. Through an exploration of existing andpotential tourism niches in the region, Accola Lewis-Cameron and Leslie-AnnJordan-Miller lead an impressive group of scholars who, through case studiesand analyses of various niche tourism products, highlight the uniqueopportunities and challenges facing SIDS in the Caribbean and providerecommendations for creating a more resilient and sustainable industry. While each chapter in this edited volume offersa unique perspective, they collectively provide a complete understanding ofniche tourism's role in bolstering and sustaining a vibrant and dynamic Caribbeantourism offer. Explore the concept of music tourism in Trinidad and the role ofslow food in culinary tourism in the Caribbean. Dive into the challenges andopportunities of cruise tourism in Cozumel and the promise of medical tourismin the Cayman Islands. Uncover the potential of sustainable ecotourism inDominica as a post-COVID-19 recovery strategy, and uncover the potential ofeducational tourism in Grenada as a socio-economic force. The final chapters conclude with a clarioncall for further tourism diversification away from the Caribbean's traditional 3S product offering (sun, sea and sand) and for the introduction of a scorecardapproach to ensure that the future of tourism in these tropical paradises isrobust and sustainable. From a reading of this collection, academics, students andpractitioners will gain invaluable insights and best practices that bridge thegap between tourism management theory and its application.

In the wake of pervasive global challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean stands at a critical point in its economic development. Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic is an illuminating exploration of the region's need to recalibrate and reshape its developmental policy strategy.Under the stewardship of Winston Dookeran and Dr M. Raymond Izarali, the volume embarks on a comprehensive examination of the frontiers in economic policy analysis: convergence, complexity, competitiveness, and the circular economy. These frontiers, often discussed in isolation, collectively establish the theoretical framework for the World Economic Forum's "The Great Reset Initiative", aimed at rebuilding a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive world following the pandemic.Thought-provoking chapters - written by scholars and practitioners both within and beyond the region - span issues such as the challenges facing small island states, the adequacy of orthodox growth models, regional advances in policy structures, liberalism, investment and capital flows, and health diplomacy to name a few and encapsulate a multidisciplinary approach. This approach expertly weaves together the disciplines of economics, politics, and diplomacy to forge not only a holistic understanding of Caribbean policy dynamics but also forge a clear path to translating research findings into actionable policy insights, which could propel the Caribbean towards a future of renewed prosperity and shared success.Development and Diplomacy is a sequel to previous publications, such as Winston Dookeran's Power, Politics and Performance: A Partnership Approach for Development (2012); Crisis and Promise in the Caribbean: Politics and Convergence (2015); The Caribbean on the Edge: The Political Stress of Stability, Equality, and Diplomacy (2022) and Dookeran and Carlos Elias's Shifting the Frontiers: An Action Framework for the Future of the Caribbean (2016). This volume is poised to empower professors and students in the field of development studies, policy leaders and practitioners within agencies, and the voices of citizens and advocates shaping public discourse.

"Miss Lou had the instinctive wisdom to relate language to identify. As a people who have long since lost our identity, we continue to search for it. There is an interrelationship between language - the words we use - and our identity. In that regard, Miss Lou helped us to remember who we are. However, mental slavery is still with us. While we continue to deny our own language, our way of expressing ourselves, there is no escaping the fact that our language is part of our identity as Jamaicans ... " Beverly Manley-Duncan - Page 4 of Cover.

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In PoliticalClientelism and Democracy in Belize: From My Hand to Yours, Dylan Vernon revisits the modern politicalhistory of Belize from 1954 to 2013 through the unique analytic lens of theoften unspoken but ubiquitous political clientelism, in which politiciansprovide resources and services to people in return for political support.Presenting Belize as an illustrative and critical case of rampant and damagingpolitical clientelism in the Commonwealth Caribbean, Vernon methodicallyexamines how clientelist politics took root in Belize during the nationalistperiod and why it expanded exponentially after independence in 1981. Heexplores and exposes the varied interactions between the widespread day-to-daypractices of entrenched clientelist politics, the multiple actors involved and, importantly, the deleterious implications for the quality of democracy andpeople's livelihoods. Based on meticulous qualitative research, including in-depth interviews with Belizean political leaders and citizens, Vernon convincingly illustrates that even as the thousands of weekly informal politician/constituent transactions are essentially rational choices that have some short-term benefits for individuals - and especially the poor - collectively they spawn damaging macro-political and economic consequences for small developing states. Electoral democracy is tarnished, public resources are wasted, more politicians become clients of wealthy donors and political corruption is facilitated. As a parallel but unofficial social welfare system embeds itself at the constituency level, politicians and citizens alike have become trapped in a thorny web of mutual clientelist dependency.

As the CaribbeanCommunity (CARICOM) approaches its fiftieth anniversary in 2023, the contributors to Caribbean Integration: Uncertaintyin Time of Global Fragmentation critically reflect on the evolutionof regional movement, analysing the challenges of maintaining relevance in apost-Brexit era of regional integration, while also highlighting opportunitiesfor its reinvigoration. This collection offers diverse perspectives from scholars within the region and beyond on the political, social, economic, cultural and environmental dimensions of regional integration. The volume is unique in its inclusion ofcritical analysis of CARICOM's performance on addressing prominent global development issues, which have rarely been featured in writings on Caribbean integration. The contributors consider the role and influence of youth, language, reparatory justice, election reform, gender-based violence, migration, trade and climate change on the deepening and longevity of CARICOM institutions. Their analyses signal the new prospects for emerging from acrisis of regionalism and moving towards sustainability. Contributors: April Karen Baptiste, Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Jessica Byron, Roland Craigwell, Halimah A.F. DeShong, Hubert Devonish, Natalie Dietrich Jones, Terri-Ann Gilbert-Roberts, Ronald M. Gordon, Julia Jhinkoo-Ramdass, Irwin La Rocque, Patsy Lewis, Jay R. Mandle, Alain Maurin, Tamara Onnis, Adrian D. Saunders, Verene A. Shepherd, John J. VanSickle

"In this new edited volume, Holger Henke and Fred Reno build on their important collection Modern Political Culture in the Caribbean (2003) and revisit some of the themes in Caribbean political culture explored some eighteen years earlier. The contributors to New Political Culture in the Caribbean consider more recent developments precipitating significant changes in the political attitudes and discourses in the region. Even the persistent themes in Caribbean political life - issues such as race, ethnicity, sovereignty, civil rights, or poverty - allow for new consideration, not only because of their longevity but also because in their contemporary form they may speak to new dynamics in society or find different forms of expression or political impact. The quality of political discourse - in terms of its content and forms of presentation - has significantly shifted over the first decades of the twenty-first century, and the impact of social media and a concomitant rise of political fringe discourses have accelerated the fragmentation of the public and polity, leading to sharper confrontations in the political sphere and giving once again rise to crude forms of nationalism. There are also various stressors and pressures that run counter to simplistic notions of nationalism and point to a great urgency for more transparent, sustainable, participatory and equitable modalities of political engagement and discourses in the region." --

In this impressive first collection of short stories, HazelSimmons-McDonald presents a deft exploration of class, of how values are shapedby religion, and of the tensions that undergird family life. She makes a placefor voices hitherto not heard and creates characters who closely guard thesecrets of their hearts but who through her narrative dexterity come toexperience moments of truth and clarity of memory. Simmons-McDonald'senergetic prose not only captures the polylinguistic character of St Luciansociety but it also creates a space for the exploration of an Eastern Caribbeanbrand of magical realism. With polished assurance, sheweaves folk beliefs into the fabric of her stories, creating memorable tales markedby notes of sadness yet balanced by tenderness and joy. Simmons-McDonaldtakes the reader on a journey where the familiar and the unfamiliar sit side byside, where the spirit world is always present, and where at all times we arereminded of the universal reach of love and hope. "I cannot think of a single work with such a wide andcomplex appeal. While many West Indian writers . . . explore the same worlds asHazel Simmons-McDonald, none of them bring out the issues of childhood andfamily intertwined with religious, environmental, and social conditions withsuch surgical grace. The calmness of the style leads the reader into worlds ofjoy, or pain and horror made visible and bearable by the calculated moderation, exactitude, and poignancy of the diction."--JeanD'Costa, Leavenworth Professor of English Emerita, Hamilton College

Originally published in 1906 as one volume, Camping and Woodcraft was expanded into a two-volume edition in 1916-17. Camping and Woodcraft ranks sixth among the ten best-selling sporting books of all time. A standard manual for campers and a veritable outdoor enthusiast's bible for over four decades, this book reflects Horace Kephart's practical knowledge and covers, in depth, any problem that campers might confront.>Jim Casada, who has provided an informative introduction to this edition, is professor of history at Winthrop College. He has written numerous articles on sporting figures and outdoor literature and is editor-at-large for Sporting Classics and contributing editor for Fly Fishing Heritage.

Una Marson's work embodied anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, class politics and pan-Africanism in the first half of the twentieth century. Her poetry and drama symbolically ushered in a new era in Jamaica's literary landscape. She did not frame her work around a single cause but was mindful of the multiple intersections of oppression.

Former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's account of his time as an active and successful participant in the political and social development of Jamaica and the Caribbean, from the mid-1950s well into the early 2000s.

Artistically, Beryl McBurnie's work influenced dancers throughout the Caribbean and beyond. She also devoted years to building the Little Carib Theatre. This book portrays the woman, explores the influences that shaped McBurnie and those whom she influenced in turn, and tells of her struggle to realize a vision she nurtured for decades.

Explores the writer and his work with the intimacy of a friend and the perceptiveness of a scholar - essential reading for any student of Caribbean literature, and equally compelling for a general reader.

A biography of Edward Philip George Seaga, retired prime minister of Jamaica (1980-1989) and former leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (1974-2005). It examines Seaga in light of the 20th-century history of Jamaica, which experienced the challenges of race, colour, the transition from the British colonial period to independence in 1962.

An introduction to the theory and practice of classical and modern econometric methods. It seeks to help the reader: understand the scope and limitations of econometrics; read, write and interpret articles and reports of an applied econometric nature; and to build upon the elements introduced.