Consuming the Caribbean: From Arawaks to Zombies

by Mimi Sheller

Book Overview

From sugar to indentured labourers, tobacco to reggae music, Europe and North America have been relentlessly consuming the Caribbean and its assets for the past five hundred years. In this fascinating book, Mimi Sheller explores this troublesome history, investigating the complex mobilities of producers and consumers, of material and cultural commodities, including:

foodstuffs and stimulants - sugar, fruit, coffee and rum human bodies - slaves,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415257603
• ISBN13: 9780415257602
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"