the process of creolization and history in postcolonial caribbean
Guruprasad S Y,
Published in International Journal of Advanced Research in Literature and Education
ISSN: 2348-2346 Impact Factor:1.9 Volume:1 Issue:2 Year: 02 July,2014 Pages:27-33
Abstract
The present study deals with the history and culture of the Caribbean in the postcolonial context. Despite the physical isolation and colonization, de-colonization, displacement, slavery and emancipation, Caribbean society leads to the emergence of ‘new world’, ‘new ethnicity’ (Stuart Hall), national culture and literary identity. This article makes an attempt to study the process of Creolization and historical background of postcolonial Caribbean society. The concept of Creolization in the Caribbean context is a social process that lies at the very centre of discussion of transculturalism, transnationalism, multiculturalism, diversity, and hybridization (Young, Robert). This study examines the terms rooted in the ethnic and cultural complexities of the Caribbean experience.
Kewords
Creolization, Caribbean, Postcolonial
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