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- Creole Economics : Caribbean Cunning Under the French Flag
- ISBN
- 9780292705814
- Subject Area
- Social Science, Business & Economics, History
- Publication Name
- Creole Economics : Caribbean Cunning under the French Flag
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Item Length
- 8.9 in
- Subject
- Economic History, Economic Conditions, Economics / General, Women's Studies, Caribbean & West Indies / General
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Mass Market
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Item Weight
- 14.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 291 Pages
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Publisher
University of Texas Press
ISBN-10
0292705816
ISBN-13
9780292705814
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30229605
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
291 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Creole Economics : Caribbean Cunning under the French Flag
Subject
Economic History, Economic Conditions, Economics / General, Women's Studies, Caribbean & West Indies / General
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Business & Economics, History
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-000551
Dewey Edition
22
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In addition to being a beautifully written and deeply empathetic account, Browne's book is visually striking...The result is a callaloo of careful scholarship and imagery that is both enjoyable to read and a significant contribution to economic anthropology and Caribbean studies., In addition to being a beautifully written and deeply empathetic account, Browne's book is visually striking…The result is a callaloo of careful scholarship and imagery that is both enjoyable to read and a significant contribution to economic anthropology and Caribbean studies., In addition to being a beautifully written and deeply empathetic account, Browne's book is visually strikinghellip;The result is a callaloo of careful scholarship and imagery that is both enjoyable to read and a significant contribution to economic anthropology and Caribbean studies., She has produced a highly personal yet analytically rigorous account of a French Caribbean isle, and to her great credit, she presents complex intellectual terrain as a most enjoyable read., Persuasive and engagingly written,Creole Economicsshould be required reading in anthropology, economics, and Caribbean Studies courses., Persuasive and engagingly written, Creole Economics should be required reading in anthropology, economics, and Caribbean Studies courses.
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
330
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Part One: Groundings Chapter 1: Elements Chapter 2: Social Histories: The Weight of France in Martinique Part Two: Frameworks Chapter 3: Cultural Economies: Relating Social Values to Economic Theory in Martinique Chapter 4: Afro-Caribbean Identities: Postcolonial Tensions and Martinique's Creole Débrouillard Part Three: Practices Chapter 5: Adaptations of Cunning: The Changing Forms of Débrouillardism Chapter 6: Opportunism by Class: The Profit and Status of Undeclared Work Chapter 7: Women, Men, and Economic Practice: Different Routes to Autonomy and Status Epilogue: Imagining the Future of Creole Economics Notes Glossary References Cited Index
Synopsis
Browne draws on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork and interview data from all socioeconomic sectors to question the common understanding of informal economies as culture-free, survival strategies of the poor., What do the trickster Rabbit, slave descendants, off-the-books economies, and French citizens have to do with each other? Plenty, says Katherine Browne in her anthropological investigation of the informal economy in the Caribbean island of Martinique. She begins with a question: Why, after more than three hundred years as colonial subjects of France, did the residents of Martinique opt in 1946 to integrate fully with France, the very nation that had enslaved their ancestors? The author suggests that the choice to decline sovereignty reflects the same clear-headed opportunism that defines successful, crafty, and illicit entrepreneurs who work off the books in Martinique today. Browne draws on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork and interview data from all socioeconomic sectors to question the common understanding of informal economies as culture-free, survival strategies of the poor. Anchoring her own insights to longer historical and literary views, the author shows how adaptations of cunning have been reinforced since the days of plantation slavery. These adaptations occur, not in spite of French economic and political control, but rather because of it. Powered by the "essential tensions" of maintaining French and Creole identities, the practice of creole economics provides both assertion of and refuge from the difficulties of being dark-skinned and French. This powerful ethnographic study shows how local economic meanings and plural identities help explain work off the books. Like creole language and music, creole economics expresses an irreducibly complex blend of historical, contemporary, and cultural influences.
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HD2346.M37B76 2005
Copyright Date
2004
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