{"product_id":"our-caribbean-kin-race-and-nation-in-the-neoliberal-antilles-hardback-9780813572000","title":"Our Caribbean Kin; Race and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles (Hardback) 9780813572000","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOur Caribbean Kin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRace and Nation in the Neoliberal Antilles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlaí Reyes-Santos (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813572000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 June 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages, 2 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Myrna García-Calderón (Syracuse University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"With breadth, depth, originality, and intellectual acumen, Reyes-Santos builds on her conceptualization of transcolonial and transnational kinship through a number of social and cultural examples to arrive at a more diversified approach in literary and cultural studies.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Myrna García-Calderón (Syracuse University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"AlaÍ Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - April J. Mayes (author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity) \u003cdiv\u003e\"AlaÍ Reyes-Santos's elegant work unites vernacular and elite voices to discuss nationalist thought in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. Her insights help us claim our intellectual traditions in contemporary struggles for justice.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - April J. Mayes (author of The Mulatto Republic: Class, Race, and Dominican National Identity) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1K5Phrs\"'\u003eFeatured on the weekly book list\u003c\/a\u003e (http:\/\/bit.ly\/1K5Phrs)\u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle of Higher Education) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1K5Phrs\"'\u003eFeatured on the weekly book list\u003c\/a\u003e (http:\/\/bit.ly\/1K5Phrs)\u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle of Higher Education) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1K5Phrs\"'\u003eFeatured on the weekly book list\u003c\/a\u003e (http:\/\/bit.ly\/1K5Phrs)\u003c\/div\u003e (Chronicle of Higher Education)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBeset by the forces of European colonialism, US imperialism, and neoliberalism, the people of the Antilles have had good reasons to band together politically and economically, yet not all Dominicans, Haitians, and Puerto Ricans have heeded the calls for collective action. So what has determined whether Antillean solidarity movements fail or succeed? In this comprehensive new study, AlaÍ Reyes-Santos argues that the crucial factor has been the extent to which Dominicans, Haitians, and Puerto Ricans imagine each other as kin. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Caribbean Kin\u003c\/i\u003e considers three key moments in the region’s history: the nineteenth century, when the \u003ci\u003eantillanismo\u003c\/i\u003e movement sought to throw off the yoke of colonial occupation; the 1930s, at the height of the region’s struggles with US imperialism; and the past thirty years, as neoliberal economic and social policies have encroached upon the islands. At each moment, the book demonstrates, specific tropes of brotherhood, marriage, and lineage have been mobilized to construct political kinship among Antilleans, while racist and xenophobic discourses have made it difficult for them to imagine themselves as part of one big family. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRecognizing the wide array of contexts in which Antilleans learn to affirm or deny kinship, Reyes-Santos draws from a vast archive of media, including everything from canonical novels to political tracts, historical newspapers to online forums, sociological texts to local jokes. Along the way, she uncovers the conflicts, secrets, and internal hierarchies that characterize kin relations among Antilleans, but she also discovers how they have used notions of kinship to create cohesion across differences.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePreface \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction: Our Caribbean Kin \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1   The Emancipated Sons: Nineteenth-Century Transcolonial Kinship\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2   Narratives in the Antilles\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3   Wife, Food, and a Bed of His Own: Marriage, Family, and Nationalist Kinship in the 1930s\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4   Like Family: (Un)recognized Siblings and the Haitian-Dominican Family\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5   Family Secrets: Brotherhood, Passing, and the Dominican–\u003cbr\u003ePuerto Rican Family \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCoda: On Kinship and Solidarity\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559352332568,"sku":"9780813572000","price":85.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/our-caribbean-kin-race-and-nation-in-the-neoliberal-antilles-hardback-9780813572000","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}