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New Books in Caribbean Studies

Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books.Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies

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Ada Ferrer, “Freedom’s Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

Ada Ferrer, “Freedom’s Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution” (Cambridge UP, 2015)

When the Haitian Revolution abolished slavery in Haiti and established its independence from France, it affected surroun... Read more

9 Jul 2015

45mins

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Raphael Dalleo, “American Imperialisms Undead: The Occupation of Haiti and the Rise of Caribbean Anti-colonialism” (UVa Press, 2016)

Raphael Dalleo, “American Imperialisms Undead: The Occupation of Haiti and the Rise of Caribbean Anti-colonialism” (UVa Press, 2016)

As Raphael Dalleo demonstrates in his wide-ranging and compelling American Imperialism Undead: The Occupation of Haiti a... Read more

23 Feb 2017

31mins

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David García, “Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins” (Duke UP, 2017)

David García, “Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins” (Duke UP, 2017)

In Listening for Africa: Freedom, Modernity, and the Logic of Black Music’s African Origins (Duke University Press, 2017... Read more

5 Sep 2018

47mins

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Rupert Lewis, "Marcus Garvey" (UP of West Indies, 2018)

Rupert Lewis, "Marcus Garvey" (UP of West Indies, 2018)

Rupert Lewis has written a biography of Marcus Garvey published by the University Press of the West Indies in 2018. His ... Read more

13 Feb 2020

1hr 21mins

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Angelique V. Nixon, “Resisting Paradise: Tourism, Diaspora, and Sexuality in Caribbean Culture” (U Press of Mississippi, 2015)

Angelique V. Nixon, “Resisting Paradise: Tourism, Diaspora, and Sexuality in Caribbean Culture” (U Press of Mississippi, 2015)

It’s easy to conjure images of paradise when thinking of the Caribbean. The region is know for its lovely beaches, tempe... Read more

2 Dec 2015

46mins

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Kathryn Conrad on University Press Publishing

Kathryn Conrad on University Press Publishing

As you may know, university presses publish a lot of good books. In fact, they publish thousands of them every year. The... Read more

3 Nov 2019

40mins

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Jason McGraw, “The Work of Recognition: Caribbean Colombia and the Postemancipation Struggle for Citizenship” (UNC Press, 2014)

Jason McGraw, “The Work of Recognition: Caribbean Colombia and the Postemancipation Struggle for Citizenship” (UNC Press, 2014)

In the 1850s, when the majority of the population of Colombia (known then as New Granada) embraced the emancipation of t... Read more

20 Oct 2015

1hr 11mins

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Alexander Rocklin, "The Regulation of Religion and the Making of Hinduism in Colonial Trinidad" (UNC Press, 2019)

Alexander Rocklin, "The Regulation of Religion and the Making of Hinduism in Colonial Trinidad" (UNC Press, 2019)

Beginning in the mid 19th century, thousands of indentured laborers traveled from India to the Caribbean, and many settl... Read more

23 Sep 2019

45mins

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Yarimar Bonilla, “Non-Sovereign Futures: French Caribbean Politics in the Wake of Disenchantment” (U of Chicago Press, 2015)

Yarimar Bonilla, “Non-Sovereign Futures: French Caribbean Politics in the Wake of Disenchantment” (U of Chicago Press, 2015)

As overseas departments of France, the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique are frequently described as anomalies within... Read more

10 Dec 2015

46mins

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Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie Harris, "Sexuality and Slavery: Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas" (U Georgia Press, 2018)

Daina Ramey Berry and Leslie Harris, "Sexuality and Slavery: Reclaiming Intimate Histories in the Americas" (U Georgia Press, 2018)

Scholarly interest in the institution of American slavery is enjoying a kind of resurgence. Researchers are examining he... Read more

24 Jan 2019

1hr 2mins

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Sam Erman, "Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

Sam Erman, "Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

Sam Erman is the author of Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire, published by Cambridge Unive... Read more

25 Jul 2019

56mins

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Ruma Chopra, “Almost Home: Maroons between Slavery and Freedom in Jamaica, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone” (Yale UP, 2018)

Ruma Chopra, “Almost Home: Maroons between Slavery and Freedom in Jamaica, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone” (Yale UP, 2018)

After being exiled from their native Jamaica in 1795, the Trelawney Town Maroons endured in Nova Scotia and then in Sier... Read more

21 Nov 2018

39mins

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Kennetta H. Perry, “London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship, and the Politics of Race (Oxford UP, 2015)

Kennetta H. Perry, “London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship, and the Politics of Race (Oxford UP, 2015)

Between the late 1940s and the early 1960s, hundreds of thousands of people from the British Commonwealth migrated the U... Read more

2 Mar 2016

1hr 15mins

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Harry Franqui-Rivera, "Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952" (U Nebraska Press, 2018)

Harry Franqui-Rivera, "Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952" (U Nebraska Press, 2018)

As the island of Puerto Rico transitioned from Spanish to U.S. imperial rule, the military and political mobilization of... Read more

10 Jan 2019

1hr 32mins

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Brooke Newman, "A Dark Inheritance: Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial Jamaica" (Yale UP, 2018)

Brooke Newman, "A Dark Inheritance: Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial Jamaica" (Yale UP, 2018)

In an empire built on racial slavery, what roles do blood purity and citizenship play in the creation of subject citizen... Read more

27 Mar 2019

1hr 5mins

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Marisol LeBrón and Yarimar Bonilla, "Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm" (Haymarket, 2019)

Marisol LeBrón and Yarimar Bonilla, "Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm" (Haymarket, 2019)

Marking the two year anniversary of Hurricane María making landfall in Puerto Rico, the September 2019 release of the an... Read more

4 Oct 2019

1hr 1min

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Lisandro Perez, “Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York” (NYU Press, 2018)

Lisandro Perez, “Sugar, Cigars and Revolution: The Making of Cuban New York” (NYU Press, 2018)

A new book reveals an incredible slice of Cuban-American history that’s been all but forgotten until now. Lisandro Perez... Read more

1 Nov 2018

34mins

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Louis A Perez Jr, “The Structure of Cuban History: Meanings and Purpose of the Past” (U of North Carolina Press, 2013)

Louis A Perez Jr, “The Structure of Cuban History: Meanings and Purpose of the Past” (U of North Carolina Press, 2013)

Cuba is changing fast. Or is it? Our understandings of Cuban history are shaped by decades of polarized interpretations.... Read more

30 Aug 2015

57mins

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McKenzie Wark, "General Intellects: Twenty-One Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century" (Verso, 2017)

McKenzie Wark, "General Intellects: Twenty-One Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century" (Verso, 2017)

McKenzie Wark’s new book offers 21 focused studies of thinkers working in a wide range of fields who are worth your atte... Read more

6 Dec 2018

1hr 4mins

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David Wheat, "Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640" (UNC Press, 2016)

David Wheat, "Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640" (UNC Press, 2016)

David Wheat’s fantastic book Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640 (University of North Carolina Press, 2... Read more

18 Nov 2019

1hr 1min

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