Contemporary Caribbean Cultures and Societies in a Global Context

Features ten essays by leading scholars in the field of Caribbean studies that describe important social and cultural aspects of the region, as it seeks to maintain its own identity against the pressures of globalization. These essays examine cultural phenomena in their creolized forms, as well as the Caribbean manifestations of universal trends.

Throughout, the volume points to the contending forces of homogeneity and differentiation that define globalization and highlights the growing agency of the Caribbean peoples in the modern world.