THE CONFOUNDING ISLAND: JAMAICA AND THE POSTCOLONIAL PREDICAMENT Summer Reading as the girls become women

as the girls become women

Whether they offer approbation or reproof

ISBN-13 : 9780552775489

Zora Neal Hurston

and beauty

THE CONFOUNDING ISLAND: JAMAICA AND THE POSTCOLONIAL PREDICAMENT Summer Reading as the girls become womenThe preeminent sociologist and National Book Award winning author of Freedom in the Making of Western Culture grapples with the paradox of his homeland: its remarkable achievements amid continuing struggles since independence. There are few places more puzzling than Jamaica. Jamaicans claim their home has more churches per square mile than any other country, yet it is one of the most murderous nations in the world. Its reggae superstars and celebrity