Afro-Creole: Priorities for Action

by Richard D.E. Burton

Book Overview

This wide-ranging book explores the origins, development, and character of Afro-Caribbean cultures from the slave period to the present day. Richard D. E. Burton focuses on ways in which African traditions--including those in religion, music, food, dress, and family structure--were transformed by interaction with European and indigenous forces to create the particular cultures of Jamaica, Trinidad, and Haiti. He demonstrates how the resulting Afro-Creole...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801483255
• ISBN13: 9780801483257
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher