Verene Shepherd
Biographic Data
| ID | 622810 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Verene Shepherd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Verene |
| FAMILY NAME | Shepherd |
| SIGNATURE | SHEPHERD V |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Knowledge production and the construction of ‘Africa(ns)’ in the Caribbean
This article traces the roots of how knowledge on Africa was produced and reproduced in the Caribbean. The discussion ranges from the views of Las Casas, who initiated the idea of black chattel slavery, through to the views of Thomas Thistlewood (1750–1786), Edward Long (1774), Maria Nugent (1802–1805), Thomas Carlyle (1845), and J. A. Froude (1880) and beyond. Among the questions to be asked and answered are: how deeply embedded in history was t…
Ghosts of Slavery
Maharani's Misery
Maharani’s Misery sheds new light on the ordeal of indentured Indians, especially women, as they crossed the oceans to labour on sugar plantations in the Caribbean (and elsewhere) in the nineteenth century. Narrating the tragedy of a young woman who died on one such passage, apparently after being raped by crewmen, the book analyses “sexploitation” as a routine aspect of the voyages of the “coolie ships”. The testimonies of those who gave evidenc…
Engendering History
Engendering History broadens the base of empirical knowledge on Caribbean women's history and re-evaluates the body of work that exists. The book is pan-Caribbean in its approach, though most articles
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Engendering History
Engendering History broadens the base of empirical knowledge on Caribbean women's history and re-evaluates the body of work that exists. The book is pan-Caribbean in its approach, though most articles
Maharani's Misery
Maharani’s Misery sheds new light on the ordeal of indentured Indians, especially women, as they crossed the oceans to labour on sugar plantations in the Caribbean (and elsewhere) in the nineteenth century. Narrating the tragedy of a young woman who died on one such passage, apparently after being raped by crewmen, the book analyses “sexploitation” as a routine aspect of the voyages of the “coolie ships”. The testimonies of those who gave evidenc…
Ghosts of Slavery
Knowledge production and the construction of ‘Africa(ns)’ in the Caribbean
This article traces the roots of how knowledge on Africa was produced and reproduced in the Caribbean. The discussion ranges from the views of Las Casas, who initiated the idea of black chattel slavery, through to the views of Thomas Thistlewood (1750–1786), Edward Long (1774), Maria Nugent (1802–1805), Thomas Carlyle (1845), and J. A. Froude (1880) and beyond. Among the questions to be asked and answered are: how deeply embedded in history was t…
History (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Caribbean area (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Women (2 works)