Imaging the Caribbean: Culture and Visual Translation

by P. Mohammed

Overview

This ground-breaking study of the Caribbean's iconography traces the history of visual representations of the region,as perceived by outsider and insider alike, over the last five hundred years. It circles the Caribbean while focusing on Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Barbados, tracing the parameters drawn on each society by the colonial encounter and drawing from the methodologies and material of history, literature, art, gender, and cultural studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230104495
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	05/15/2010
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	387
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Patricia Mohammed is Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

List of Illustrations ix

1 Introduction: The Palette 1

2 Voyage in the Light 20

3 Mapping the West Indies 52

4 Symbols of Caribbean Antiquity 91

5 The European Gaze 133

6 The African Presence 192

7 The Asian Signature 249

8 The Invention of the Caribbean Picturesque 289

9 Taking Possession: Symbols of Empire and Nationhood 336

10 Epilogue in Tempera 370

Glossary 375

Index 379

Editorial Reviews

Introduction: The Palette
• Voyage in the Light
• Mapping the West Indies
• Symbols of Caribbean Antiquity
• The European Gaze
• The African Presence
• The Asian Signature
• The Invention of the Caribbean Picturesque
• Taking Possession: Symbols of Empire and Nationhood
• Epilogue in Tempera

From the Publisher