Perspectives on the Caribbean: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation

"Perspectives on the Caribbean: A Reader in Culture, History and Representation boasts a somewhat wide-reaching and impressive endeavor in its title, but actually manages to live up to its name. The text, edited and introduced by Philip Scher, is composed of a collection of scholarly articles by various authors covering topics concerning the contemporary Caribbean, all of which merit serious attention, particularly by anyone pursuing an academic interest in the region. . . Nonetheless, this book serves as a useful key to unraveling and appreciating the folklore and literature of the Caribbean." (Journal of Folklore Research, 9 June 2011)

"Authors from different disciplines present their own view of the Caribbean without implementing a stringent frame offers a wide range of insights into the hybridity of Caribbean ideas and topics." (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2010)

"Genuflecting to no tired metaphors, this is a refreshing collection of cross-disciplinary voices that compel new ways of seeing and thinking about the still undiscovered Caribbean"
–Patricia Mohammed, University of the West Indies, St Augustine