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

Shelene Gomes, PhD 2011

This edited volume of more than a dozen essays focuses on the political dynamics of race, class, and nationalism in the contemporary, multicultural 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. The contributors 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. These are struggles the world over, and not solely in the Caribbean.

https://ugapress.org/book/9780820367026/race-class-and-nationalism-in-the-twenty-first-century-caribbean/

ISBN: 9-780-8203-6702-6