“Selling the Caribbean: An Introduction”
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Christian Mair
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Susanne Mühleisen
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Eva Ulrike Pirker
Abstract
Taking the cue from the widespread metaphorical use of economic concepts such as resources or markets in both sociolinguistics and cultural studies, the present introduction sets out to discuss more literal aspects of the financial value of languages and the economy of the literary marketplace in the – mostly ‘Anglophone’ – Caribbean. Globalization, in particular a globally operating media and entertainment industry, and increased mobility – both in the shape of migration from the Caribbean and tourism into the region – have led to the widespread commodification of the region’s natural, linguistic, and cultural resources. These developments have shaken up the traditional colonial and early post-colonial order but ushered in new inequalities. This introduction and the present special issue of ZAA explore the potential and dangers of this state of affairs from a cross-disciplinary perspective, bringing together approaches from (socio)linguistics, literary, and cultural studies.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- “Selling the Caribbean: An Introduction”
- The Black Man’s Burden? – Language and Political Economy in a Diglossic State and Beyond
- Linguistic Decolonization in Jamaican Radio
- “Capitalism a nuh wi fren.” Global Justice and Capitalism in Life and Debt and Cronicamente Inviável
- Re-placing Wealth, Re-mapping Social Division: Kingston in the Fiction of Brian Meeks and Diana McCaulay
- Selling Poverty: Junot Díaz’s and Edwidge Danticat’s Assessments of Picturesque Stereotypes of Poverty in the Caribbean
- Books Received
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- “Selling the Caribbean: An Introduction”
- The Black Man’s Burden? – Language and Political Economy in a Diglossic State and Beyond
- Linguistic Decolonization in Jamaican Radio
- “Capitalism a nuh wi fren.” Global Justice and Capitalism in Life and Debt and Cronicamente Inviável
- Re-placing Wealth, Re-mapping Social Division: Kingston in the Fiction of Brian Meeks and Diana McCaulay
- Selling Poverty: Junot Díaz’s and Edwidge Danticat’s Assessments of Picturesque Stereotypes of Poverty in the Caribbean
- Books Received
