Uwi Press: 71 books

This is an interdisciplinary and international study which examines the cultural and historical significance of the Jamaican Anansi folktales.

Ties That Bind signals a shift from the traditional focus by historians of the family on family forms and structure and instead assesses the relationships and interactions with black family networks in the landscape of post-slavery Jamaica. Chronicled throughout this book are the issues that were intrinsic to the freed people's notion of family well-being.

This unique volume speaks to the question of whether social psychological theories and principles are universal. It offers a truly panoramic picture of how scientific social psychology can address timely social issues.

Diasporas comprise an inescapable part of the human experience and few are more interesting and diverse than African diasporas. This collection of essays illustrates the inherent variability of African, European and Asian diasporic formation.

Given its highly comparative natuare, its comprehensive examination of curricular practices that can be adapted in other institutions and its practical suggestions for dismantling writing myths and adopting a progressive view of writing, Academic Writing Instruction invites academids and administrators...

The Devil in the Details engages respectfully with previous interpretations of 19th century Cuban antislavery narratives, and suggests other ways of thinking about and understanding them in the light of contemporary ideas.

Postcolonialisms interrogates the place of early English verse in relation to the British canon, proposing that the first postcolonial literature in English was English itself

This interdisciplinary collection is the first to cross traditionally restrictive disciplinary barriers to address the tough questions that face the Caribbean.

This is the first book-length study of the interaction of culture, politics and society in Jamaica's formative postcolonial moment, the years between 1972 and 1980.

The book ruptures the feminist silences around love, lust and living in Caribbean societies and discourses. The authors simultaneously critique and create knowledge about the lives of women and men within the Caribbean and its diaspora.

This book is distinctive by its trilingual nature; the short stories by Caribbean women writers appear in English, French, Spanish.

In this book, twelve emerging and established scholars in the fields of literature, linguistics and education examine and interrogate the representations, roles and realities of Caribbean children.

This book provides a comprehensive, well-researched and up-to-date discussion of the local and international health communication literature and provides a theoretical and praactical framework for teaching health and/or medical communication skills.

This book is relevant to a range of modules that emphasize the economic environment and perspectives needed to understand Caribbean trading patterns. It provides a holistic and balanced treatment of various approaches within the international trade domain.