| Caribbean Military Encounters Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Puri, Shalini (Editor), Putnam, Lara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1349958638 ISBN-13: 9781349958634 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - 20th Century - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
| Dewey: 972.905 |
| Series: New Caribbean Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.00 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a much-needed study of the lived experience of militarization in the Caribbean from 1914 to the present. It offers an alternative to policy and security studies by drawing on the perspectives of literary and cultural studies, history, anthropology, ethnography, music, and visual art. Rather than opposing or defending militarization per se, this book focuses attention on how Caribbean people negotiate militarization in their everyday lives. The volume explores topics such as the US occupation of Haiti; British West Indians in World War I; the British naval invasion of Anguilla; military bases including Chaguaramas, Vieques and Guant namo; the militarization of the police; sex work and the military; drug wars and surveillance; calypso commentaries; private security armies; and border patrol operations. |