Bøger om Caribien

The fruition of decades of labor, Vicuña‿s poetical works on the cosmologies and myths of the deer are now realized in a gorgeously designed artist‿s bookInspired initially by Jerome Rothenberg‿s translation Flower World Variations, which Cecilia Vicuña (born 1948) first encountered in 1985, Cecilia Vicuña: Deer Book brings together nearly 40 years of the artist‿s poetry, "poethical" translations and drawings related to cosmologies and mythologies surrounding the deer, and sacrificial dance in cultures around the world. Woven like one of her quipu installations, Vicuña‿s texts‿which include original compositions in Spanish as well as English translations by Daniel Borzutzky‿become meditations on translation, not just of the sacred nature of this animal but on how our understandings of ceremony and ritual are transformed by this ongoing process. Taken as inspiration rather than conundrum, the impossibility of translation opens up poetic possibilities for Vicuña as she continues her lifelong exploration into the nature of communication across eras and distant lands, languages and shared symbols within Indigenous spiritualities.

The first monograph on the exuberant, polymorphous art of Teddy Sandoval, whose work explored community, queerness and Chicano identityAccompanying the artist's first retrospective, Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art examines the work of the inventive yet overlooked Los Angeles-based artist Teddy Sandoval (1949-95). A central figure in Los Angeles's queer and Chicanx artistic circles, Sandoval was an active participant in international avant-garde movements. For 25 years, he produced subversive and playful artworks in a range of mediums--including ceramics, mail art, painting, printmaking, performance, photography, window displays and xerography--that explored the codes of gender and sexuality, particularly transforming conceptions of masculinity.This expansive publication surveys Sandoval's work alongside other queer, Latinx and Latin American artists whose practices profoundly resonate. The expansive catalog features essays by C. Ondine Chavoya, David Evans Frantz, Raquel Gutiérrez and Mari Rodriguez Binnie, as well as biographical entries on additional artists featured in the exhibition, among them, Félix Ángel, Myrna Báez, Álvaro Barrios, Ester Hernández, Hudinilson Jr., Antonio Lopez, María Martínez-Cañas, Marisol and Joey Terrill.

"Hâelio Oiticica (1937-80) is widely considered one of Brazil's most significant artists, and his influence is felt across a range of disciplines including painting, film, installation and participatory art. He is well known as a key founder of the interdisciplinary movement known as Neoconcretismo, launched in Rio de Janeiro in 1959 with the collaboration of artists and writers including Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape and Ferreira Gullar. Between 1964 and 1966, moving out of his Neoconcretist period, Oiticica wrote a series of lyrical poems entitled Poâetica Secreta (Secret Poetics), and he reflected in a private notebook on their significance for his wider practice as an artist. Despite Oiticica's global fame, his "secret" poems are almost unknown and have never been published as a collection. This bilingual edition, with accompanying essays by translator Rebecca Kosick and critic Pedro Erber, uncovers the significance of poetry for Oititica's art and shows its importance to his thinking on participation, sensation and memory"--

Everyone's heard of the three little pigs, but what about the three little guinea pigs? Way up in the Andes Mountains, Urku, Inti, and Nina have just finished building three new homes when a surprise visitor arrives. It's Fox, and being pigs, the guineas are quick to judge that he's up to no good, though he wears a stylish scarf and patiently calls, "Guinea pigs, guinea pigs, come with me. I have something for your family."As young readers familiar with the traditional story will recall, many a pig has been tricked before, so it's not surprising that the trio wishes to huddle inside. What the guinea pigs don't see is how the animals are banding together to help them. In the end, it just might take the whole mountain of creatures to show them that things aren't always as they seem and traditional fairytale foes could actually be friends.Set in Andean South America, this fresh, lighthearted twist on a classic tale invites readers to challenge assumptions, embrace community, and trust in teamwork.

"This book examines the significance of mutual aid societies to the Caribbean immigrant experience in the twentieth century. These societies paved the way for immigration to the U.S. through their system of networks, provided various forms of support, fostered a shared West Indian ethnic identity, and strengthened kinship networks with those back home"--

This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau. Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate experts, has brought his 30 years of research to create the definitive book on the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of the privateers the British had used to prey on French and Spanish shipping during the War of the Spanish Succession turned to piracy. The pirates took over Nassau on the Bahamian island of New Providence and turned it into their own pirate haven, where shady merchants were happy to buy their plunder. It became the hub of a pirate network that included some of the most notorious pirates in history: Blackbeard, "Calico Jack" Rackam, Charles Vane and Bartholomew Roberts. The growth of piracy led to a major surge in attacks in the Caribbean and along North America's Atlantic seaboard. With the fragile maritime economy of the Americas threatened with collapse, major ports were threatened and trade brought to a standstill, the British government finally declared war on the pirates. The Pirate Menace draws on extensive research, as well as a wide range of first-hand accounts, to produce a new history of the heyday of historical piracy.

Kincaid's first book, which announced the arrival of a singular talent, "will burn on your shelf" (Derek Walcott).Reading Jamaica Kincaid is to plunge gently into another way of seeing both the physical world and its elusive inhabitants. Her voice is, by turns, naively whimsical and biblical in its assurance, and it speaks of what is partly remembered, partly divined. The memories often concern a childhood in the Caribbean-family, manners, and landscape-as distilled and transformed by Kincaid's special style and vision.Kincaid leads her readers to consider, as if for the first time, the powerful ties between mother and child; the beauty and destructiveness of nature; the gulf between the masculine and the feminine; the significance of familiar things-a house, a cup, a pen. Transfiguring our human form and our surroundings-shedding skin, darkening an afternoon, painting a perfect place-these stories tell us something we didn't know, in a way we hadn't expected.Originally published in 1978, Jamaica Kincaid's first book immediately established her as an inimitable, vibrant, and hauntingly beautiful voice in contemporary literature.

The essential, urgent coming-of-age novel by Jamaica Kincaid, a reinventor of the form.Since her first, prizewinning collection of stories, At the Bottom of the River, Jamaica Kincaid's work has been met with nothing short of amazement. The New York Times hailed her "prophetic power" and the Los Angeles Times Book Review said, "No one else seems to be writing quite this way."With Annie John, the story of a young girl coming of age in Antigua, Kincaid tore open the theme that lies at the heart of her fierce, incantatory novels: the ambivalent and essential bonds created by a mother's love. In this book, written in Kincaid's lucid, elemental style, Annie John's ambivalence is universally familiar and wrenchingly real.

A series of conversations held at Princeton University between the Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa and Rubén Gallo.Princeton University, 2015. For one semester, Mario Vargas Llosa taught a course on literature and politics with Rubén Gallo. Over several classes, the two writers spoke to students about the theory of the novel and the relationship between journalism, politics, and literature through five beloved books by the Nobel laureate: Conversation in The Cathedral, The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, Who Killed Palomino Molero?, A Fish in the Water, and The Feast of the Goat. Conversation at Princeton records these exhilarating discussions and captures the three complementary perspectives that converged in the classroom: that of Vargas Llosa, who reveals the creative process behind his novels; that of Rubén Gallo, who analyzes the different meanings the works took on after their publication; and that of the students, whose reflections and questions give voice to the responses of millions of Vargas Llosa's readers. During these talks, Vargas Llosa not only speaks with intelligence and lucidity about the craft of writing, but also offers an absorbing, inquisitive analysis of today's political and cultural landscape. Conversation at Princeton is a singular opportunity to attend a unique master class on literature and society taught by one of our greatest writers and thinkers.

The intellectual autobiography of Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.From its origins, the liberal doctrine has represented the most advanced forms of democratic culture, and it is what has most defended us from the inextinguishable "call of the tribe." This book hopes to make a modest contribution to that indispensable project.In The Call of the Tribe, Mario Vargas Llosa surveys the readings that have shaped the way he thinks and has viewed the world over the past fifty years. The Nobel laureate, "tireless in his quest to probe the nature of the human animal" (Marie Arana, The Washington Post), maps out the liberal thinkers who helped him develop a new body of ideas after the great ideological traumas of his disenchantment with the Cuban Revolution and his alienation from the ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre, the author who most inspired Vargas Llosa in his youth.The works of Adam Smith, José Ortega y Gasset, Friedrich A. Hayek, Karl Popper, Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, and Jean-François Revel helped the author enormously during those uneasy years. They showed him another school of thought, one that placed the individual before the tribe, nation, class, or party and defended freedom of expression as a fundamental value for the exercise of democracy. The Call of the Tribe documents Vargas Llosa's engagement with their work and charts the evolution of his personal ideology.

Haiti's state is near-collapse: armed groups have overrun the country, many government officials have fled after the 2021 assassination of President Moise and not a single elected leader holds office, refugees desperately set out on boats to reach the US and Latin America, and the economy reels from the after-effects of disasters, both man-made and natural, that destroyed much of Haiti's infrastructure and institutions. How did a nation founded on liberation-a people that successfully revolted against their colonizers and enslavers-come to such a precipice?In Aid State, Jake Johnston, a researcher and writer at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC, reveals how long-standing US and European capitalist goals ensnared and re-enslaved Haiti under the guise of helping it. To the global West, Haiti has always been a place where labor is cheap, politicians are compliant, and profits are to be made. Over the course of nearly 100 years, the US has sought to control Haiti and its people with occupying police, military, and euphemistically-called peacekeeping forces, as well as hand-picked leaders meant to quell uprisings and protect corporate interests. Earthquakes and hurricanes only further devastated a state already decimated by the aid industrial complex. Based on years of on-the-ground reporting in Haiti and interviews with politicians in the US and Haiti, independent aid contractors, UN officials, and Haitians who struggle for their lives, homes, and families, Aid State is a conscience-searing book of witness.

Volume II delves into the revolutions of France, Europe, and Haiti, with particular focus on the French Revolution and the changes it wrought. The demarcation between property and power, and the changes in family life, religious practices, and socio-economic relations are explored, as well as the preoccupation with violence and terror, both of which were conspicuous aspects of the revolution. Simultaneous movements in England, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and Poland-Lithuania are also discussed. The volume ends with the Haitian Revolution and its impact on neighboring countries, revealing how the revolution was comprised of several smaller revolutions, and how, once the independent black State of Haiti was established, an effort was made to fulfill the promises of freedom and equality.

Pepón Osorio's epic installations unite conceptual art and community dynamicsInformed by his background in theater and performance as well as his experiences as a child services case worker and professor, the richly textured sculptures and installations of Puerto Rican-born, Philadelphia-based artist Pepón Osorio (born 1955) are deeply invested in political, social and cultural issues affecting Latinx and working-class communities in the United States. Published for the artist's most comprehensive exhibition to date, this catalog focuses on the elaborate, large-scale multimedia environments that Osorio has been creating since the early 1990s. Often developed through long-term conversations and collaborations with individuals in the neighborhoods where they were first shown, his installations draw from personal stories in order to empathetically elucidate larger social ills. Taken from an eponymous work, the book's title addresses themes that resonate throughout Osorio's practice, such as the need to better care for one another.

the slave trade through one family's involvement until the death of Thomas Hibbert, the patriarch, in 1780 with no legal heirs. The next generation of West India merchants, plantation, slave owners and traders were his nine nephews, eight of whom were actively involved with George Hibbert (cover portrait) coming to dominate West India commerce and politics..Beginning in 1787, the book traces the establishment of what became known as 'The First House of the Jamaica Trade', and outlines its dominance in the slave trade, West India produce, and finance. The vertical integration of the business with the inception/foundation of the West India Dock is explored, as are the connections with other West Indies traders linked by marriage, commerce or both.Through the incorporation of aspects of social history and genealogy, the inclusion of artworks, and the use of primary materials, the author describes British Atlantic history through the lens of one family's history. It introduces William Wilberforce's great opponent, George Hibbert, who effectively delayed abolition until compensation was on the table. Surprisingly, the family's association with Jamaica continued for three decades after abolition.The diaries for 1781-86 are missing. Covering the years 1787 to 1802, the diaries reproduced here include harrowing accounts of Atlantic crossings, as well as much information about the day-to-day lives of the family, both in Jamaica and in England.

Το φαγητό της Καραϊβικής αντιπροσωπεύει μια συναρπαστική συγχώνευση πολιτισμών. Τα νησιά διαθέτουν επιρροές από την Αφρική, την Ανατολική Ινδία, την Κίνα, τη Νότια Αμερική, την Ευρώπη, τη Νοτιοανατολική Ασία, τη Συρία και τον Λίβανο. Καθένας από αυτούς τους πολιτισμούς έχει αφήσει το δικό του μοναδικό στίγμα στο φαγητό της περιοχής εξελίσσοντας με τον δικό του τρόπο για να παράγει ένα νέο είδος fusion κουζίνας που είναι λαχταριστή, πικάντικη και νόστιμη. Και αυτό είναι το θέμα της Caribbean Flavors. Εδώ θα βρείτε συνταγές που αντικατοπτρίζουν τα αυθεντικά και αυτόχθονα φαγητά των διαφόρων νησιών, αλλά θα ζήσετε και ένα νέο είδος

In diesem Buch wird über die Kreuzfahrt auf einem Luxusschiff durch die Karibik, so wie in Mittelamerika, berichtet.Für diese Reise fahren wir von Illingen / Württemberg mit dem Auto nach Frankfurt und parken dort auf einem gesicherten Parkplatz. Der Betreiber bietet sogar einen inkludierten Bring- und Holdienst zum Flughafen nach Frankfurt an. So kommen wir relativ entspannt zum Airport und können mit unseren Freunden Sofia und Artur den Flug nach La Romana in die Dominikanische Republik antreten.Nach der Landung in La Romana bringt uns der gebuchte Bus in den Hafen, zu unserem Kreuzfahrtschiff der Reederei Aida. Nach dem zügigen Einschiffen sind wir sofort auf dem schönen und imposant erscheinenden Luxusschiff namens Luna. Von hier aus startet unsere zweiwöchige Kreuzfahrt durch die wunderschöne Karibik und dem interessanten Mittelamerika.Es erwarten uns viele fantastische Inseln in der Karibik, die mitten im herrlich schönen blauen- bis türkisfarbenem Meer liegen und uns eine traumhafte Inselwelt zeigen. Die nicht nur aus endlos langen paradiesischen Sandstränden, mit sehr feinem weißen Sand bestehen, sondern auch kulturell, so wie kulinarisch etwas zu bieten haben. Das Festland von Mittelamerika, wie Costa Rica, Panama und Kolumbien hat seinen ganz eigenen Charme und zeigt sich uns von seiner schönsten Seite. Der Reisebericht enthält 12 Farbseiten mit Fotos dieser Kreuzfahrt.

Carina Felina is an arrogant cat with an appetite so huge that she eats everything and everyone who crosses her path as she ambles through Havana--until a small crab outsmarts her and saves the day.

Facing up to twenty years in a Cuban prison, my father had to make the hardest decision of his life; remain in Cuba and go to prison or find a way to escape to the United States.The climate in a Fidel Castro led communist country was just too much to bear, and carrying the last name Ochoa, meant we would always be a target. His decision would mean that we would have to risk everything, including our lives, for a chance at a better future.Under normal circumstances, the decision to provide your family with a better future wouldn't be a hard one to make. It would in fact be the absolute easiest decision that you would ever be faced with.But it was 1994, it was Cuba, and these circumstances were anything but normal.CONTENT WARNINGS: This memoir covers a range of true events and experiences that can be triggering, including but not limited to: Death and near-death experiences by various means, suicide by others in the detention camps, self-harm by others in the detention camps, mentions of domestic violence by a parent, mentions of alcoholism by a parent

Seminar paper del año 2022 en eltema Literatura - América Latina, Nota: 2,7, Universität Mannheim, Idioma: Español, Resumen: La tesis de este trabajo recoge la importancia del feminismo para una vida libre de miedos e igualdad de oportunidades en Argentina, un país donde el machismo sigue estar extremamente presente y complica la vida de numerosas mujeres. Además, des-taca el machismo como una problemática en Argentina que frena la emancipación de las mujeres. Como ejemplo sirva la obra ¿Lavavajillas¿, un relato de la autora Agustina Bazterrica, que ilustra que el machismo sigue influyendo en las formas de pensar y actuar de demasiadas mujeres, así como que es un obstáculo para la igualdad y el res-peto a sí mismas.En primer lugar, se resume concisamente la trama del cuento. A continuación, se realiza un análisis en el que se pone de manifiesto que la protagonista rechaza las con-venciones sociales obsoletas, así como el feminismo que se menciona en el relato como un tema de actualidad e importancia. Además, este trabajo aborda el rechazo y la re-sistencia al machismo. Por último, se discute la situación actual de las mujeres en Ar-gentina, la forma en que luchan contra ella y los éxitos que han conseguido hasta ahora.

César Vallejo paradoxically discounted the modernist significance of his avant-garde masterpiece, Trilce, published in 1922. Yet, in these poems, the renowned Peruvian writer played with the Spanish language.

María Félix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art, and jewellery design.

"Felice se ha enterado de que es hija de La Llorona, el monstruo de la leyenda áms famosa de la frontera de éMxico y Estados Unidos. En esta fascinante aventura, la jovencita de doce ñaos buscaár revertir la maldicóin que ha cíado sobre el ámgico pueblo de Tres Leches y liberar a su madre, atrapada entre dos mundos. En el camino, conoce a los hijos de otros monstruos, como La Lechuza y el Diablo Danzante y juntos liberan a Tres Leches de maldiciones ámgicas y metaófricas que han perseguido a la gente durante generaciones."--