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    Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean
    Ways of Being Non/Sovereign

    Yvon van der Pijl (Edited by), Francio Guadeloupe (Edited by), Linden F. Lewis (Foreword by), Francio Guadeloupe (Contributions by), Yvon van der Pijl (Contributions by), Nikki Mulder (Contributions by), Jordi Halfman (Contributions by), Guiselle Starink-Martha (Contributions by), Rose Mary Allen (Contributions by), Lisenne Delgado (Contributions by), Francisca Grommé (Contributions by), Antonio Carmona Báez (Contributions by), Gregory Richardson (Contributions by), Charissa Granger (Contributions by), Nicole Sanches (Contributions by), Anton Allahar (Epilogue by)

    9781978818668

    Paperback / softback, published 15 April 2022

    216 pages
    23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.313 kg

    "Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a compelling collection of debates, case studies, and ethnographies of belonging. It is a philosophical and cultural search for a political space of comfort between colonial dependence and autonomy. Focusing on the non-sovereign status of the Caribbean it opens up the possibility for articulating notions of freedom and liberty in the region."
    - Linden Lewis (editor of Caribbean Sovereignty, Development, and Democracy in an Age of Globalization)
    "With editors persuasively arguing for a revolutionary non-Western vision of non/sovereignty, this outstanding anthology offers an enlightening alternative look at questions of belonging, and equality and freedom (equaliberty). In case after case in the Dutch-Caribbean, contributors challenge Western-imposed notions of sovereignty and envision new political and socio-cultural futures, making significant contributions to Caribbean Studies and beyond."
    - Antonio Sotomayor (author of The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puer)

    Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a collection of essays that explores fundamental questions of equality and freedom on the non-sovereign islands of the Dutch Caribbean. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research, historical and media analysis, the study of popular culture, and autoethnographic accounts, the various contributions challenge conventional assumptions about political non/sovereignty. While the book recognizes the existence of nationalist independence movements, it opens a critical space to look at other forms of political articulation, autonomy, liberty, and a good life. Focusing on all six different islands and through a multitude of voices and stories, the volume engages with the everyday projects, ordinary imaginaries, and dreams of equaliberty alongside the work of independistas and traditional social movements aiming for more or full self-determination. As such, it offers a rich and powerful telling of the various ways of being in and belonging to our contemporary postcolonial world.

    Foreword
    Linden Lewis
    Introduction
    Francio Guadeloupe and Yvon van der Pijl
    1 Stories of Autonomy on Non-Sovereign Saba: Flipping the Script of Postcolonial Resistance
    Nikki Mulder
    2 “
    Education Must Be More!”
    Imagining and (Re)producing St. Martin/Sint Maarten Belonging
    Jordi Halfman
    3 People from Outside: Transnationalism and Nationness on Twenty-First-Century
    CuraÇ
    ao
    Guiselle Starink-Martha
    4 The Trinta di Mei Labor Revolt and Its Aftermath: Anticipating a Just and Equitable CuraÇ
    aoan Nation
    Rose Mary Allen
    5 Some Are More Equal than Others? Human Rights Education at the University of CuraÇ
    ao’
    s School of Law
    Lisenne Delgado
    6 Thinking, Seeing, and Doing like a Kingdom: The Making of Caribbean Netherlands Statistics and the “
    Native Bonairian”

    Francisca GrommÉ

    7 After Free Markets and Foundations: Challenges to Self-Determination on St. Martin
    Antonio Carmona BÁ
    ez
    8 Sweet Breakaway: Where Equality and Liberty Meet on Aruba
    Gregory Richardson
    9 “
    We Come out to Free Up”
    : Movement, Dance, and Liberation in West Indian Calypso
    Charissa Arlette Granger
    10 “
    It’
    s Gonna Be Incredible”
    : Lessons on Being, Becoming, and Belonging from Statian Youth
    Nicole Sanches and Yvon van der Pijl
    Epilogue
    Anton Allahar
    Acknowledgments
    Notes on Contributors
    Index
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