The Jamaica Reader
From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. The Jamaica Reader presents a panoramic history of the country, from its precontact indigenous origins to the present. Yet many of its most important histo… Celý popis ↓
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The Jamaica Reader
From Miss Lou to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt to Kamala Harris, Jamaica has had an outsized reach in global mainstream culture. The Jamaica Reader presents a panoramic history of the country, from its precontact indigenous origins to the present. Yet many of its most important historical, cultural, and political events and aspects are largely unknown beyond the island.
It illuminates the complexities of Jamaica's past, addressing topics such as resistance to slavery, the modern tourist industry, the realities of urban life, and the struggle to find a national Combining more than one hundred classic and lesser-known texts that include journalism, lyrics, memoir, and poetry, the Reader showcases myriad voices from over the centuries: the earliest published black writer in the English-speaking world; contemporary dancehall artists; Marcus Garvey; and anonymous migrant workers.
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