Race Class and Nationalism in the Twenty-First-Century Caribbean

<p>This collection of more than a dozen essays focuses on the political dynamics of race class and nationalism in the contemporary Caribbean. Despite the plethora of studies on nationalism in the Caribbean few have attempted to look at the phenomenon as a political invention that does not--and cannot--serve the interests of all: how essentialist reductive overdetermining nationalism is a political and conceptual confusion that forever stalls the project of universal human emancipation. <p/>Editors Scott Timcke and Shelene Gomes gather and frame chapters that in their collective expression help trace the process of race class and nationalism through the contours of a broader political economic and social geography. These chapters argue that notions of racial identity have changed over time but those reformations are not independent of class rule or nationalism. By using several case studies that span the Anglo Dutch French and Spanish Caribbean and focus on the development of political organizations hardships and ideology each of these essays continues the struggle for liberation against elite entrenchment.</p>