Raymond Ramcharitar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1259585 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymond Ramcharitar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymond |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramcharitar |
| SIGNATURE | RAMCHARITAR R |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Orchard Gardens. Chaguanas. [email protected] |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3372-5003 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Politics, Ethnicity and the Postcolonial Nation
A History of Creole Trinidad, 1956-2010
Ethnic anxiety and competing citizenships in Trinidad and Tobago
From the start of its history at the end of the eighteenth century, Trinidad and Tobago has been comprised of a number of competing ethnic groups. At the turn of the nineteenth century it was called Creole Society, and comprised of European, White, African, and Mixed-race free and enslaved persons. In this tableau, European culture was dominant. The introduction of Indian indentured immigrants from 1845 provided a group outside this wide agglomer…
The Invention of Trinidad Carnival
The Monad
THE POST-INDEPENDENCE POLITICS OF Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) presents an opportunity to examine hegemony from a uniquely narrow perspective: the hegemony of one - the monad. This describes the phenomenon of individuals who, coming to power at crucial moments, are able to impose an extraordinary amount of authority over the citizens of the small states of which they have acquired control.This phenomenon is not unique to the Caribbean. In Stali…
Gordon Rohlehr and the Culture Industry in Trinidad
The terms "culture" and "cultural studies" in Trinidad and Tobago have been narrowly defined to mean Carnival and various other phenomena connected to the nationalist project. One critic, Gordon Rohlehr, has over decades presented a body of work ostensibly focused on Carnival, but which also contains a cogent critique and outline of the Trinidad and Tobago Culture Industry (as contemplated by Adorno). A close reading of Rohlehr's work, and his in…
I. From the Caribbean Region
Ethnic anxiety and competing citizenships in Trinidad and Tobago
From the start of its history at the end of the eighteenth century, Trinidad and Tobago has been comprised of a number of competing ethnic groups. At the turn of the nineteenth century it was called Creole Society, and comprised of European, White, African, and Mixed-race free and enslaved persons. In this tableau, European culture was dominant. The introduction of Indian indentured immigrants from 1845 provided a group outside this wide agglomer…
The Invention of Trinidad Carnival
I. From the Caribbean Region
Gordon Rohlehr and the Culture Industry in Trinidad
The terms "culture" and "cultural studies" in Trinidad and Tobago have been narrowly defined to mean Carnival and various other phenomena connected to the nationalist project. One critic, Gordon Rohlehr, has over decades presented a body of work ostensibly focused on Carnival, but which also contains a cogent critique and outline of the Trinidad and Tobago Culture Industry (as contemplated by Adorno). A close reading of Rohlehr's work, and his in…
The Monad
THE POST-INDEPENDENCE POLITICS OF Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad) presents an opportunity to examine hegemony from a uniquely narrow perspective: the hegemony of one - the monad. This describes the phenomenon of individuals who, coming to power at crucial moments, are able to impose an extraordinary amount of authority over the citizens of the small states of which they have acquired control.This phenomenon is not unique to the Caribbean. In Stali…
The Invention of Trinidad Carnival
A History of Creole Trinidad, 1956-2010
Ethnic anxiety and competing citizenships in Trinidad and Tobago
From the start of its history at the end of the eighteenth century, Trinidad and Tobago has been comprised of a number of competing ethnic groups. At the turn of the nineteenth century it was called Creole Society, and comprised of European, White, African, and Mixed-race free and enslaved persons. In this tableau, European culture was dominant. The introduction of Indian indentured immigrants from 1845 provided a group outside this wide agglomer…
Politics, Ethnicity and the Postcolonial Nation
Caribbean history, culture, and politics (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Cuban History and Society (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)