The Struggle of Non-Sovereign Caribbean Territories

H. ADLAI MURDOCH is Professor of Romance Studies and Director of Africana Studies at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. 

Introduction—Non-Sovereignty and the Neoliberal Challenge: Contesting Economic Exploitation in the Eastern Caribbean – H. Adlai Murdoch
Part I
1. Bridging the divide to face the Plantationocene: The chlordecone contamination and the 2009 social events in Martinique and Guadeloupe – Malcom Ferdinand
2. From the film Nèg maron (2005) to the Manifeste pour les ‘produits’ de haute nécessité (2009): Youth Dispossession, General Strikes and Alternative Economies in the French Caribbean – Louise Hardwick
3. Artists Against Exploitation: The L’Herminier Museum Squat as a Demonstration Against “La Vie Chère” – Alix Pierre
4. Martinique or the Greatness and Weakness of Spontaneity: A View of February 2009 – Hanétha Vété-Congolo
5. Neoliberalism and Caribbean Economies: Martinique, Guadeloupe and the Exploitative Strategies of Metropolitan Capital – H. Adlai Murdoch and Paget Henry
Part II
6. Criminalization, Punitive Neoliberalism and the Puerto Rican Independence Movement – Jacqueline Lazú
7. Developing Disasters: Industrialization, Austerity, and Violence in Haiti since 1915 – Vincent Joos 
8. A ‘New’ Antillean DOM Arts Scene, or the pragmatic aesthetics of patience: Artincidence, Annabel Guérédrat, Daniel Goudrouffe, and Henri Tauliaut – Alessandra Benedicty-Kokken
9. Buskando nos mes: Giving Meaning to National Identity in Curaçao – Rose Mary Allen
10. The Parallels and Paradoxes of Postcolonial Sovereignty Games in the Dutch and French Caribbean: The End of the Netherlands Antilles and Construction of New Dutch Caribbean Political Entities and Relations – Michael Sharpe
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Bibliography
Index