Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. EDITORS’ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. INTRODUCTION. ARCHIPELAGIC AMERICAN STUDIES 1
5. PART I. THEORIES AND METHODS FOR AN ARCHIPELAGIC AMERICAN STUDIES
6. 1. HEURISTIC GEOGRAPHIES 57
7. 2. IMAGINING THE ARCHIPELAGO 74
8. PART II. ARCHIPELAGIC MAPPINGS AND MET A-GEOGRAPHIES
9. 3. GUAM AND ARCHIPELAGIC AMERICAN STUDIES 97
10. 4. THE ARCHIPELAGIC BLACK GLOBAL IMAGINARY 113
11. 5. IT TAKES AN ARCHIPELAGO TO COMPARE OTHERWISE 133
12. PART III. EMPIRES AND ARCHIPELAGOES
13. 6. COLONIAL AND MEXICAN ARCHIPELAGOES 155
14. 7. INVISIBLE ISLANDS 174
15. 8. “MYTH OF THE CONTINENTS” 191
16. PART IV. ISLANDS OF RESISTANCE
17. 9. “SHADES OF PARADISE” 213
18. 10. INSUBORDINATE ISLANDS AND COASTAL CHAOS 232
19. 11 “WE ARE NOT AMERICAN” 259
20. PART V. ECOLOGIES OF RELATION
21. 12. PERFORMING ARCHIPELAGIC IDENTITIES IN BILL REID, ROBERT SULLIVAN, AND SYAMAN RAPONGAN 281
22. 13. ARCHIPELAGIC TRASH 302
23. 14. THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH AS METAPHOR 320
24. PART VI. INSULAR IMAGINARIES
25. 15. THE TROPICS OF JOSEPHINE 341
26. 16. THE STRANGER BY THE SHORE 356
27. PART VII. MIGRATING IDENTITIES, MOVING BORDERS
28. 17. THE GOVERNORS-GENERAL 373
29. 18. LIVING THE WEST INDIAN DREAM 390
30. 19. OFFSHORE IDENTITIES 411
31. AFTERWORD: THE ARCHIPELAGIC ACCRETION 427
32. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 437
33. CONTRIBUTORS 453
34. INDEX 459