Caribbean Societies and Cultures

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course will combine a broad overview of the Caribbean with a focus on specific issues that are central to the field of Caribbean studies. One of its aims is to introduce Caribbean social structure and expressive culture. This will be supplemented with specific discussions of the plantation system as a social structure, ethnic politics, the debate around Caribbean social stratification (class and status), forms of expressive culture, and the Caribbean political economy.