Browsing by Subject "Jamaica"
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American Realities, Diasporic Dreams: Pursuing Happiness, Love, and Girlfriendship in Jamaica
(2009)At the heart of "American Realities, Diasporic Dreams" lies the following question: How and why do people generate longings for diasporic experience, and what might this have to do with nationally-specific affective and ... -
Disease Knowledge and Readiness for Transition in Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease in Jamaica: A Mixed-Methods Study
(2018)Introduction: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetically inherited recessive blood disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. The management of SCD should and can be considered a collaborative team effort, and requires ... -
“Selassie Souljahz:” The Reggae Revival and Black Millennial Music Protest in Contemporary Jamaica
(2017-05)Coined by Dutty Bookman in 2011, the Reggae Revival is a contemporary cultural and musical movement of consciousness in Jamaica which has captivated the world. Heeding the legacies of reggae forefathers like Peter Tosh, ... -
Shifting Loyalties: World War I and the Conflicted Politics of Patriotism in the British Caribbean
(2011)This dissertation examines how the crisis of World War I impacted imperial policy and popular claims-making in the British Caribbean. Between 1915 and 1918, tens of thousands of men from the British Caribbean volunteered ...
