TY - BOOK AU - Fog Olwig, Karen AB - Looking at the development of cultural identity in the global context, this text uses the approach of historical anthropology. It examines the way in which the West Indian Community of Nevis, has, since the 1600s, incorporated both African and European cultural elements into the framework of social life, to create an Afro-Caribbean culture that was distinctive and yet geographically unbounded - a "global culture". The book takes as its point of departure the processes of cultural interaction and reflectivity. It argues that the study of cultural continuity should be guided by the notion of cultural complexity involving the continuous constitution, development and assertion of culture. It emphasizes the interplay between local and global cultures, and examines the importance of cultural display for peoples who have experienced the process of socioeconomic marginalization in the Western world. DO - 10.4324/9780203989685 ID - OAPEN ID: 1005892 ID - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1135848208 ID - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24239 KW - afro-caribbean KW - community KW - colonial KW - society KW - west KW - indian KW - islands KW - population KW - pilgrim KW - holiness L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24239/1/1005892.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24239/1/1005892.pdf L1 - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24239/1/1005892.pdf LA - English LK - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31090 PB - Taylor & Francis PY - 1996 SN - 9781138180680;9783718606245;9781135306137;9781135306120;9781135306083 TI - Global Culture, Island Identitynull ER -