Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. Preface xiii
5. PART I. Jamaica
6. 1. Colonial Landscapes, Colonial Subjects 3
7. 2. The Two Jamaicas 25
8. 3. Thinking the Caribbean: Creolizing Thinking 61
9. 4. Race and Its Disavowal 95
10. PART II. Leaving Jamaica
11. 5. Conscripts of Modernity 109
12. PART III. Journey to an Illusion
13. 6. Encountering Oxford: The Makings of a Diasporic Self 149
14. 7. Caribbean Migration: The Windrush Generation 173
15. PART IV. Transition Zone
16. 8. England at Home 203
17. 9. Politics 227
18. Works Referenced in the Text 273
19. Index 285