- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
About this book
The Caribbean has a global reputation for extending unparalleled hospitality to foreign guests. Yet local citizens express feeling alienated from the Caribbean nations they call home. Here, Natalie Lauren Belisle probes the relationship between these incompatible narratives of Caribbean life. Departing from tourist-centered critiques of the Caribbean's visitor economy, Belisle instead gives primacy to the political life of the Caribbean citizen-subject within a broader hospitality regime. Reading literary, cinematic, and digital texts that traverse the Spanish, Anglophone, and Francophone Caribbean, Belisle interprets citizens' estrangement through misdirected political deliberation and demonstrates that inhospitality is institutionalized through the aesthetic, reproducing itself in the laws that condition belonging and membership in the nation-state. Ultimately, Caribbean Inhospitality recasts the decay of nation/state sovereignty in the postcolonial Caribbean within the contours of neoliberalism, international relations, and cosmopolitanism.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, weâve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere â even offline. Perfect for commutes or when youâre on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access Caribbean Inhospitality by Natalie Lauren Belisle in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Latin American & Caribbean History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Publisher
Rutgers University PressYear
2025Print ISBN
9781978838291, 9781978838307eBook ISBN
9781978838314Table of contents
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: In the World, Not of It: On the Aesthetic of Caribbean Inhospitality
- 1 Deliberative Misdirection: The Non-Sense of Caribbean Community in Annalee Davisâs Migrant Discourse and Ana Lydia Vegaâs âJamaica Farewellâ
- 2 Disoriented Citizenship: Misreading Puerto Rico in the Uncosmopolitan Elsewhere
- 3 Freelance Personhood: Living Off the Books in the Outer Spaces of Cuban Writing
- 4 Altered States: Bordering the Inhuman in RenĂ© PhiloctĂšteâs Le Peuple des terres mĂȘlĂ©es and Pedro Cabiyaâs Malas hierbas
- Coda: Loving Beyond (Sovereignty)
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Series List