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1 online resource (169 pages) |
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Cover ; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; 1 An intentional task-motivated by hardship and respect; Positionality disclosure; Project overview; Foresight-clarifying "intentional creative practice"; 2 A participant of crisis-magnified positionality; Cultural tourism: not me; Background narrative: my first encounter (May 1994); Magnified Moment #1: conditioned for desperation (June 1994); Magnified Moment #2: left behind (1994-1997); Magnified Moment #3: crisis to chaos (1995) |
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Magnified Moment #4: inconceivable measures (1995)Magnified Moment #5: following the master (1995); Magnified Moment #6: soil, seeds, and roots (1995); Magnified Moment #7: shallow intentions (1996); Magnified Moment #8: creative continuum of influence-Jamaica (2003); Magnified Moment #9: opportunity deprivation (2010); 3 "Paradise" lost in crisis-a historical progression of the Caribbean; Encounter Era (1492-1501): birth of crisis and chaos in the Caribbean; Colonial Period (1501-1945): intentional inconceivability; Decolonized Period (1945-1980): continuum of disorder |
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Developmental Period (1955-1982): forfeited independenceNeoliberal Period (1980-current): exploited outcomes; 4 An intentional reality: three lenses of perspective; Caribbean scholars: the voice from within; Theoretical lens I: going for the goods-the dark side of capitalism; Theoretical lens II: dependence embedded with chaos-cultural conditioning theory; Theoretical lens III: strength through restoration-intentional creative practice; Summation: intentional conditioning-three lenses of perspective; 5 Amplifying the Afro-Carib voice-research design and methodology |
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Historical rationale for respecting the Afro-Carib voiceObserved rationale for the Afro-Carib voice; Methodology: qualitative method; Identifying experiences and meanings: the Afro-Carib lifeworld; Community selection-satisfying the criteria of voice; Selection of participants; A first person point of view: one-on-one conversational interviews; Creative practice: additional objective for one-on-one interviews; Analysis and interpretation; Analytic process; 6 Emergent themes-participant generated findings; Credibility of findings: establishing trustworthiness |
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Findings: meanings, descriptions, and essences of lived experiencesTheme unit 1: a cohesive family unit; Theme unit 2: socioeconomic crisis is deconstructing a sense of place; Theme unit 3: individual and cultural growth is inhibited; Theme unit 4: the cultural value of creativity; Theme unit 5: creativity is innate and essential; Concluding remarks; Future research; Epilogue; Appendix A: Caribbean scholars; Appendix B: attributes of a systems view of life; Glossary A: academic terms; Glossary B: culture specific terms; Index |
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Print version record |
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Culture diffusion -- Caribbean Area
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Acculturation -- Caribbean Area
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Acculturation
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Culture diffusion
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Caribbean Area
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351856317 |
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1351856316 |
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9781351856324 |
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1351856324 |
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