Descriptions, Translations and the Caribbean: From Fruits to Rastafarians

by Renato Tomei and Rosanna Masiola

Book Overview

This book offers a new perspective on the role played by colonial descriptions and translation of Caribbean plants in representations of Caribbean culture. Through thorough examination of Caribbean phytonyms in lexicography, colonization, history, songs and translation studies, the authors argue that the Westernisation of vernacular phytonyms, while systematizing the nomenclature, blurred and erased the cultural tradition of Caribbean plants and medicinal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319822225
• ISBN13: 9783319822228
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"