Collective Memory, Identity and the Legacies of Slavery and Indenture

Farzana Gounder is a linguist and the Deputy Head of School (Research) at IPU Tertiary Institute, New Zealand. Gounder’s research interests draw on her indenture heritage. She has extensively examined oral narratives of indenture and their role in collective memory formation. Bridget Brereton is Emerita Professor of History at UWI, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Jerome Egger is a Historian, specializing in the twentieth century history of Suriname. Egger is presently the Head of History department of the Faculty of Humanities. Hilde Neus-van der Putten is a Dutch writer and publicist based in Suriname. She writes regular book reviews for the daily newspaper de Ware Tijd, and articles on history in Museumstof.

Foreword Introduction PART I: THE LEGACIES OF INDENTURE AND MIGRATION 1. The Legacy of Indian Indentureship in the Caribbean 1838-1920 2. Creative Industries: Our Legacies, Our Future 3. Shadowy Figures: Literary Representation of the Chinese in French-Caribbean Fiction PART II: IDENTITY NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH MUSIC AND CUISINE 4. When the Music Soundin ‘Sweet’: Musical Instrument Construction, Performance Practice, and the Changing Aesthetics of Indian Trinidadian Tassa Drumming 5. Baithakgáná Semantics 6. Creolization and the Evolution of Indo-Trinidadian Cuisine PART III: COLLECTIVE MEMORIES OF SLAVERY AND INDENTURE 7. Sitalpersad, a British Indian Interpreter in Colonial Suriname 8. Five Generations of a Surinamese Family 1873-2010: A Legacy 9. Emancipation and Arrival: How Emancipation Day and Indian Arrival Day have Shaped Ethnic Identities in Twenty-first Century Trinidad and Tobago