Ruins of Absence,Presence of Caribs: (Post)colonial Representations of Aboriginality in Trinidad and Tobago - University Press of Florida - Books - University Press of Florida - 9780813028286 - May 31, 2005
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Ruins of Absence,Presence of Caribs: (Post)colonial Representations of Aboriginality in Trinidad and Tobago


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This study of a contemporary indigenous culture documents the vitality of a number of self-constructed ""indigenous"" Carib communities in the postcolonial Caribbean. The Caribbean is typically thought of as having no precolonial survivors. Maximilian Forte demonstrates that this is not the case.


368 pages, 4 b/w figures, 7 tables, glossary, notes, bibliography, index

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 31, 2005
ISBN13 9780813028286
Publishers University Press of Florida
Pages 368
Dimensions 242 × 164 × 25 mm   ·   582 g

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