Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. Introduction 9
5. CHAPTER 1 Nation-Building and Nation-Branding in the Caribbean : Comparative Reflections on National Imaginaries and Their Consequences 27
6. CHAPTER 2 Tourism Development and Nation-Building: The Case of Aruba 47
7. CHAPTER 3 Slavery and Debates about National Identity and Nation-Branding 67
8. CHAPTER 4 Representations and Reparations of Slavery in the Caribbean 83
9. CHAPTER 5 Aruban Archaeological Heritage : Nation-Building and Nation-Branding in a Caribbean Context 103
10. CHAPTER 6 Four Islands: Contemporary Art in Suriname, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao 119
11. CHAPTER 7 Papiamento: An Official Caribbean Creole Language from Legal Repression to Full Recognition 137
12. CHAPTER 8 Aruban, Bonairean, and Curaçaoan Writers between the Caribbean and the Netherlands 153
13. CHAPTER 9 Radical Imagining in Dutch Caribbean Music 169
14. CHAPTER 10 Sport Heritage, Nation-Building and Nation-Branding in the Anglophone and Dutch Caribbean 189
15. CHAPTER 11 Exploring the Nation through the Lens of Baseball : A Popular Culture Perspective on National Belonging in the Dutch Caribbean 205
16. CHAPTER 12 Facing the Ecological Crisis in the Caribbean 221
17. CHAPTER 13 Digital Humanities, Social Justice and the Pluricultural Realities of Dutch Caribbean Heritage Archives 235
18. CHAPTER 14 Caribbean Diasporas, Metropolitan Policies, and Cultural Heritage 251
19. Epilogue 271
20. Notes 277
21. Bibliography 303
22. Illustration Credits 331
23. The Authors 333
24. Index 341