Stains on My Name-PB [Paperback]

Brackette F. Williams (Author), Brackette F. Williams (Author), Williams (Author)

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Paperback: 343 pages
Publisher: Duke University Press (April 1991)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0822311194
ISBN-13: 978-0822311195
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15 x 2.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 562 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #632,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8 in Books > History > Americas > South America > Guyana
- #97 in Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Anthropology > Ethnology

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OA thorough and descriptive ethnography of cultural, ethnic, and class struggle and accommodation in the eastern coastal community of Cockalorum, Guyana...This refreshing study enhances our understanding of Guyanese struggles of nation building in the late twentieth century.O --Virginia S. Williams, Hispanic American Historical Review

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Burdened with a heritage of both Spanish and British colonialization and imperialism, Guyana is today caught between its colonial past, its efforts to achieve the consciousness of nationhood, and the need of its diverse subgroups to maintain their own identity. "Stains on My Name, War in My Veins" chronicles the complex struggles of the citizens of Guyana to form a unified national culture against the pulls of ethnic, racial, religious, and class identities. Drawing on oral histories and a close study of daily life in rural Guyana, Brackette F.Williams examines how and why individuals and groups in their quest for recognition as a "nation" reproduce ethnic chauvinism, racial stereotyping, and religious bigotry. By placing her ethnographic study in a broader historical context, the author develops a theoretical understanding of the relations among various dimensions of personal identity in the process of nation building.

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