Schwartz, SEA OF STORMS: A HISTORY OF HURRICANES IN THE GREATER CARIBBEAN FROM COLUMBUS TO KATRINA (Princeton University Press, 2015) Yarimar Bonilla, NON-SOVEREIGN FUTURES: FRENCH CARIBBEAN POLITICS IN THE WAKE OF DISENCHANTMENT (University of Chicago Press, 2015). Sasha Turner, CONTESTED BODIES: PREGNANCY, CHILDREARING, AND SLAVERY IN JAMAICA (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017) Finch, RETHINKING SLAVE REBELLION IN CUBA, LA ESCALERA AND THE INSURGENCIES OF 1841-1844 (University of North Carolina Press, 2015)

Natasha Lightfoot, TROUBLING FREEDOM: ANTIGUA AND THE AFTERMATH OF BRITISH EMANCIPATION (Duke University Press, 2015)Īisha K.

Fuentes, DISPOSSESSED LIVES: ENSLAVED WOMEN, VIOLENCE, AND THE ARCHIVE (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016) Julius Scott, THE COMMON WIND: AFRO-AMERICAN CURRENTS IN THE AGE OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION (Verso Press, 2018)

Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia BookstoreĬourse readings will include selections from the following titles (final list of readings to follow): We will use a wide geographic lens in order to gain an expansive vision of the circuits of the Greater Caribbean, stretching from Antigua, Guadeloupe, Barbados, Martinique, Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Haiti into the wider Atlantic world.Ĭourse Format: Seminar Grading Mode: Gradedįulfills a Major Requirement for: ( CBST-MN)( LAST) In this way, we will question how these new directions in Caribbean studies have reshaped the study of history more generally. We will consider how recent scholars of the Caribbean have turned a critical eye to existing methods and reimagined 'archives' as they have crafted new stories about gender, sexuality, race, the environment, and the rise of modern capitalism. This course explores some of the most exciting new trends in historical scholarship on the Caribbean. Histories of the Caribbean: New Questions, Methods, and Vantage Points LAST 242 Summer Session Winter Session Home Archive Search Histories of the Caribbean: New Questions, Methods, and Vantage Points LAST 242 WesMaps - Wesleyan University Catalog 2019-2020

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