The Confounding Island: Jamaica and the Postcolonial Predicament
- ISBN13:9780674292246
- 出版社:Belknap Pr
- 作者:Orlando Patterson
- 裝訂:平裝
- 出版日:2023/02/01
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Winner of a PROSE Award
--Carrie Gibson, New York Times Book Review "The book seeks to understand what became of the promises of decolonization...In the ruins of postcolonial Jamaica, Patterson unearths a vibrant popular culture, centered in particular on dancehall music, that can provide new resources to address the postcolonial predicament...He uses the 'confounding island' as the site from which to understand the world."
--Adom Getachew, The Nation "Jamaica...is an enigma that still fascinates the world. In this masterful history infused with personal feeling and detail, Orlando Patterson...delivers a memorable, nuanced, and insightful social analysis of the island and its place in global history. Highly recommended."
--Daron Acemoglu, coauthor of Why Nations Fail There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous nations in the world. Its reggae superstars and celebrity sprinters outshine musicians and athletes in countries many times its size. Jamaica's economy is anemic and many of its people impoverished, yet they are, according to international surveys, some of the happiest on earth. In The Confounding Island, Orlando Patterson returns to the place of his birth to reckon with its contradictions. Patterson investigates the failures of Jamaica's postcolonial democracy, exploring why the country has been unable to achieve broad economic growth and why its free elections and stable government have been unable to address violence and poverty. Its successes and struggles expose something fundamental about the world we live in. If we look closely at the Jamaican example, we see the central dilemmas of globalization, economic development, poverty reduction, and postcolonial politics thrown into stark relief.
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