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Caribbean slavery and narratives of colonialism

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An edition of The cultural politics of sugar (2000)

The cultural politics of sugar

Caribbean slavery and narratives of colonialism

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"With the expansion of trade and empire in the early modern period, the status of sugar changed from expensive rarity to popular consumer commodity, and its real and imagined properties functioned as central metaphors for the cultural desires of West Indian Creoles. Keith Sandiford's study examines how the writings of six colonial West Indian authors explore these properties to publicise the economic value of the consumer object, and to invent a metaphor for West Indian cultural desires. Sandiford defines this metaphorical turn as a trope of 'negotiation' which organises the structure and content of the narratives: his argument establishes the function of this trope as a source of knowledge about the creolised imagination, about its social and political idealism. Based on extensive historical knowledge of the period as well as recent postcolonial theory, this book suggests the possibilities negotiation offers in the continuing recovery of West Indian intellectual history."--Jacket.

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Colonial influence Historiography Political aspects of Sugar trade Slavery Sugar trade Ligon, Richard Rochefort, Charles de, 1605-1683 Grainger, James, 1721?-1766. Essay on the more common West-India diseases and the remedies which that country itself produces Schaw, Janet, ca. 1731-ca. 1801 Beckford, William, d. 1799 Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818 Sugar trade -- Political aspects -- West Indies -- Historiography Slavery -- West Indies -- Historiography West Indies -- Colonial influence -- Historiography West Indian literature History and criticism Imperialism in literature Metaphor in literature Postcolonialism West indies, politics and government West indies, history Slavery, west indies Sucre Industrie Aspect politique Historiographie Esclavage Influence coloniale SOCIAL SCIENCE Anthropology Cultural POLITICAL SCIENCE Public Policy Cultural Policy Popular Culture Histoire naturelle et morale des iles Antilles de l'Amerique (Rochefort, Charles de) Journal of a West India proprietor (Lewis, M.G.) True & exact history of the island of Barbados (Ligon, Richard) Political aspects

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Charles de Rochefort (1605-1683) James Grainger (1721?-1766. Essay on the more common West-India diseases and the remedies which that country itself produces) Janet, ca. 1731-ca. 1801 Schaw M. G. Lewis (1775-1818) Richard Ligon William Beckford (d. 1799)

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-216) and index.

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Cambridge, UK, New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
306/.09729
Library of Congress
HD9114.W42 S26 2000, HD9114.W42 S26 2000eb

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v, 221 p. ;
Number of pages
221

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OL46535M
ISBN 10
0521642337
LCCN
99045511
OCLC/WorldCat
51202859, 42397354
LibraryThing
2506130
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598178

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OL488550W

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