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Full-Text Articles in Caribbean Languages and Societies
Fortifications Of St Eustatius: An Archaeological And Historical Study Of Defense In The Caribbean, Bryan Paul Howard
Fortifications Of St Eustatius: An Archaeological And Historical Study Of Defense In The Caribbean, Bryan Paul Howard
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Breadnut Island Pen: Thomas Thistlewood's Jamaican Provisioning Estate, 1767-1768, Amy B. Kowalski
Breadnut Island Pen: Thomas Thistlewood's Jamaican Provisioning Estate, 1767-1768, Amy B. Kowalski
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Go Eena Kumbla: A Comparison Of Erna Brodber's Jane And Louisa Will Soon Come Home And Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters, Daryl Cumber Dance
Go Eena Kumbla: A Comparison Of Erna Brodber's Jane And Louisa Will Soon Come Home And Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
When I returned to Jamaica in July 1982, I took as gifts for friends some recent novels by black American writers, including Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters. Upon my arrival, Erna Brodber gave me a copy of her new book, Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home. As I read it, I was struck by another instance of how similar experiences (in this case, being black and female in the Americas of the civil rights, black awareness, Rastafarian, and feminist movements) had inspired such strikingly similar expressions in books published the same year (1980) by an American …
An Ethnoarchaeological Study Of The Cisterns In Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles, Ross K. Harper
An Ethnoarchaeological Study Of The Cisterns In Oranjestad, Sint Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles, Ross K. Harper
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Cemeteries Of St Eustatius, N.A: Status In A Caribbean Community, Laurie J. Paonessa
The Cemeteries Of St Eustatius, N.A: Status In A Caribbean Community, Laurie J. Paonessa
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Stone Ovens Of St Eustatius: A Study Of Material Culture, Maria Lavinia Machado Monteiro
The Stone Ovens Of St Eustatius: A Study Of Material Culture, Maria Lavinia Machado Monteiro
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Afro-American Studies, Daryl Cumber Dance
Afro-American Studies, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
Afro-American Studies: Reference Works
Merchants Of Curacao In The Early 18th Century, Nadia Francisca Brito
Merchants Of Curacao In The Early 18th Century, Nadia Francisca Brito
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A Spatial Analysis Of Sugar Plantations On St Eustatius N.A, James A. Delle
A Spatial Analysis Of Sugar Plantations On St Eustatius N.A, James A. Delle
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Coffin Maker Of St Eustatius, Chester J. Kulesa
The Coffin Maker Of St Eustatius, Chester J. Kulesa
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Historic Archaeology Of Jamaican Tenant-Manager Relations: A Case Study From Drax Hall And Seville Estates, St Ann, Jamaica, Kenneth Goodley Kelly
Historic Archaeology Of Jamaican Tenant-Manager Relations: A Case Study From Drax Hall And Seville Estates, St Ann, Jamaica, Kenneth Goodley Kelly
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
You Can't Go Home Again: James Baldwin And The South, Daryl Cumber Dance
You Can't Go Home Again: James Baldwin And The South, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
James Baldwin, like innumerable other Black artists, has found that in his efforts to express the plight of the Black man in America, he has been forced to deal over and over again with that inescapable dilemma of the Black American - the lack of sense of a positive self-identity. Time after time in his writings he has shown an awareness of the fact that identity contains, as Erik Erikson so accurately indicates, "a complementarity of past and future both in the individual and in society." Baldwin wrote in "Many Thousands Gone," "We cannot escape our origins, however hard we …
"Learn It To The Younguns": Passing On Folk Wisdom, Daryl Cumber Dance
"Learn It To The Younguns": Passing On Folk Wisdom, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
This is the book I had been planning to write for the past fifteen years, it was inevitable that if I kept procrastinating, someone would more expeditiously respond to the obvious void. Finally H. Nigel Thomas has provided the kind of exploration and explication of the use, influence, and impact of Black folklore on literature that I perceived was so much needed. Despite the numerous published commentaries on the influence of Afro-American folklore on individual works and specific authors, and the occasional consideration of its influence on a particular genre or a limited period (such as Keith Byerman's focus on …
Architectural Style On St Eustatius, Suzanne Lee Sanders
Architectural Style On St Eustatius, Suzanne Lee Sanders
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Migration For Secondary Education In The Netherlands Antilles, Elva Lee Smith
Migration For Secondary Education In The Netherlands Antilles, Elva Lee Smith
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
American Foreign Policy: The Utility Of Force As An Influence, Bargaining, Or Coercive Force In The Caribbean Basin, Susan M. Marandas
American Foreign Policy: The Utility Of Force As An Influence, Bargaining, Or Coercive Force In The Caribbean Basin, Susan M. Marandas
Dissertations and Theses
Throughout history states have pursued both cooperative and power-oriented strategies. Moralists and realists have long questioned the appropriateness of using force to gain state objectives. Recent analysts have stressed that states have a moral duty to manage international uncertainty in the best interests of their citizens. While this might involve utilizing both power-seeking and order-seeking strategies, it has been suggested that pursuing order-seeking strategies could help alleviate international uncertainty.
An historical survey, as well as recent case studies in Grenada and Nicaragua, indicate that the United States often has relied upon military strategies in the Caribbean Basin. The United States …
St Eustatius: Acculturation In A Dutch Caribbean Colony, Patricia Lynn Kandle
St Eustatius: Acculturation In A Dutch Caribbean Colony, Patricia Lynn Kandle
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Vineyard: A Jamaican Cattle Pen, 1750-1751, Carol Stiles
Vineyard: A Jamaican Cattle Pen, 1750-1751, Carol Stiles
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Bosom Buddies And Lonely Hearts, Daryl Cumber Dance
Bosom Buddies And Lonely Hearts, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
In Ossie Davis' Purlie Victorius, Ol' Cap'n nostalgically reminisces about the good old days when he enjoyed what he recollects as close loving relationships with Blacks. He recalls to Gitlow "how you and me growed up together. Had the same mammy - my mammy was your mother." And Gitlow responds, "Yessir! Bosom buddies." Despite the satire and irony with which Ossie Davis consciously invests this scene, it suggest to me another irony - one which Davis certainly did not intend - and that is that one of the images of the Black woman which has frequently been shared by …
Sugar Manufacturing In The West Indies: A Study Of Innovation And Variation, Linda Gail France
Sugar Manufacturing In The West Indies: A Study Of Innovation And Variation, Linda Gail France
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Zora Neale Hurston, Daryl Cumber Dance
Zora Neale Hurston, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
Some new information is occasionally being ferreted out that may help to cast additional light on some of these issues, but quite clearly Zora Neale Hurston will remain something of an enigma - too complex a figure to reach any easy conclusions about, except perhaps that she defies simple characterization. People responded to her (and still do) very emotionally: her detractors despise her bitterly; her defenders love her passionately. All agree that she was eccentric, colorful, entertaining, humorous, and unforgettable.
Perhaps the most crucial question to pose about her is why one of the most important figures in the Harlem …
Jamaica Novel Has Ring Of Truth. The Harder They Come By Michael Thelwell (Book Review), Daryl Cumber Dance
Jamaica Novel Has Ring Of Truth. The Harder They Come By Michael Thelwell (Book Review), Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
In a recent interview, Michael Thelwell told of being present at a Caribbean Day celebration in New York attended by countless people with "a nostalgia for their country" and of his resultant resolve to give Jamaicans and their children something to read about themselves. In "The Harder They Come," Thelwell has more than achieved his goal, for the novel does not merely offer a bit of nostalgia for homesick Jamaicans; it is also a thrilling introduction to a culture and a people for the outsider.
"Aunt Sue's Stories": The Use Of Folklore In The Teaching Of Literature, Daryl Cumber Dance
"Aunt Sue's Stories": The Use Of Folklore In The Teaching Of Literature, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
This poem by Langston Hughes, one of America's most prolific poets, suggests the appeal of folklore to the young. Aunt Sue's stories inspire the response that every teacher of literature aspires to elicit from his students. I would like to suggest that the most natural thing in the world for the teacher is to capitalize on this appeal of folklore to help develop an interest in and an appreciation for recorded literature. Folklore can do much to help the student bridge the gap between his own world and what seems to many to be the alien world of Shakespeare. Our …
Following In Zora Neale Hurston's Dust Tracks: Autobiographical Notes By The Author Of Shuckin' And Jivin', Daryl Cumber Dance
Following In Zora Neale Hurston's Dust Tracks: Autobiographical Notes By The Author Of Shuckin' And Jivin', Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
As I began to peruse collections and studies of black folklore, I found that although considerable work had been done from which I was l earning a great deal, there were some aspects of black folklore with which I was personally familiar (from my childhood in Charles City, Virginia, my college days in Petersburg, and my adult life in Richmond) that I had observed as influence in numerous literary works, particularly on temporary works, that were not included in the material was finding, or were not presented in anything even vaguely resembling the versions I knew and saw represented in …
Black Eve Or Madonna? A Study Of The Antithetical Views Of The Mother In Black American Literature, Daryl Cumber Dance
Black Eve Or Madonna? A Study Of The Antithetical Views Of The Mother In Black American Literature, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
Within these two extreme views of woman - the mother who brings death and destruction versus the mother who brings life and salvation - where does the Black American mother stand? It seems to me that it would not be inappropriate to look at the literature, not as mere fiction, but rather as an interpretation and compilation of history, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and a host of other areas. Thus the true literary artist reveals life more accurately and with more insight than any historical facts and statistical details, because he deals with the truth of the human heart, with the …
James Baldwin, Daryl Cumber Dance
James Baldwin, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
James Baldwin is one of America's best known and most controversial writers. If there is some figurative truth in his declarations "Nobody Knows My Name" and "No Name in the Street," on a realistic level practically everyone knows his name, from people on the street to scholars in the most prestigious universities-and they all respond to him. Those responses are as diverse and as antithetical as the respondents. Indeed, there is little unanimity in the criticism of James Baldwin: some view him as a prophet preaching love and salvation, others as a soothsayer forecasting death and destruction; some see him …
Tuning In The Boiler Room And The Cotton Patch: New Directions In The Study Of Afro-American Folklore, Daryl Cumber Dance
Tuning In The Boiler Room And The Cotton Patch: New Directions In The Study Of Afro-American Folklore, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
One of the first problems in the study of folklore is, of course, the collection of materials. In almost every area of Black folklore, the collecting was initiated by whites. As I have noted elsewhere, "Black folk forms seem to thrive quietly and abashedly in the Black community as items of private enjoyment and public shame until they are ' discovered ' by whites who legitimize them for the American public-Black and white. Such has been the case with the general folk tales (the animal tales, the etiological myths, the Slave John tales, etc.), the spirituals, and the blues. The …
Wit And Humor In The Slave Narratives, Daryl Cumber Dance
Wit And Humor In The Slave Narratives, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
This passage suggests something of the nature of Black humor and the function it has served, not only in the slave narratives, but in the folk tales and throughout the history of recorded literature from William Wells Brown to Amiri Baraka. The life revealed in all of these sources is shown to often be alternately degrading and courageous, tragic and absurdly comic, hopeless and yet enduring; indeed that life could hardly ever be termed merely amusing. And the Black character, though he may be seen to laugh, can hardly be deemed carefree, unbothered, satisfied, even truly happy. Indeed the paradox …
In The Beginning: A New View Of Black American Etiological Tales, Daryl Cumber Dance
In The Beginning: A New View Of Black American Etiological Tales, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
A substantial number of Black folktales may be designated as etiological "myths" in that they tend to focus on the world as it evolved and to frequently portray the role of God in explaining why the Negro is, to quote from one tale, "so messed up," why he is black, why he has big, ugly feet and hands, why his hair is kinky, and why he must remain a poor laborer in a rich society. The causes of all of these "inferior" traits of the Negro appear to be certain alleged defects in his character-his tardiness, his ignorance, his disobedience …
Daddy May Bring Home Some Bread, But He Don't Cut No Ice: The Economic Plight Of The Father Figure In Black American Literature, Daryl Cumber Dance
Daddy May Bring Home Some Bread, But He Don't Cut No Ice: The Economic Plight Of The Father Figure In Black American Literature, Daryl Cumber Dance
English Faculty Publications
This tale is a forceful and eloquent commentary on the American economic system which conspires to make it impossible for the Black man to acquire anything more than a mere biscuit, no matter how he plays the economic game. If he plays according to the rules, the rules are changed rather than reward him with his just due. If he fails to play according to the rules, others are rewarded for their efforts and he is punished for his failure. He's damned if he does, and he's damned if he doesn't. Everyone knows enough about the history of this country …