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The objective of entangled history and the environment is to introduce climatic and other environmental factors into the postcolonial debate on the unequal power relations between the metropolis and its colonies. Dealing with both environment and empire, as well as unequal (colonial) power relations, has so far largely occurred in separate fields, environmental history, and postcolonial studies. The book attempts to bring the two strands together and to combine the conceptual perspective of intertwined history and comparative practices in order to highlight both material and constructed (or discursive) aspects of the environment as a factor in the formation of unequal (colonial) power relations. Two case studies are conducted through this conceptual lens. The first offers a new perspective on Christopher Columbus' first contact with the Arawak in Hispaniola in 1492. The second examines how climate became an argument for enslaving Africans and displacing them to sugar plantations in the Caribbean.

Environmental history; postcolonial studies; climate; the Caribbean; entangled history

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linguistics --- postcolonial studies --- sociolinguistics --- applied linguistics --- missionary linguistics --- history of linguistics

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This illuminating volume provides a new understanding of the subjective identity and public roles of Russia's Europeanized elite between the years of 1762 and 1825. Through a series of rich case studies, the editors reconstruct the social group's worldview, complex identities, conflicting loyalties, and evolving habits. The studies explore the institutions that shaped these nobles, their attitude to state service, the changing patterns of their family life, their emotional world, religious beliefs, and sense of time.The creation of a Europeanized elite in Russia was a state-initiated project that aimed to overcome the presumed "backwardness" of the country. The evolution of this social group in its relations to political authority provides insight into the fraught identity of a country developing on the geopolitical periphery of Europe. In contrast to postcolonial studies that explore the imposition of political, social, and cultural structures on colonized societies, this multidisciplinary volume explores the patterns of behavior and emotion that emerge from the processes of self-Europeanization. The Europeanized Elite in Russia, 1762–1825, will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in Russian history and culture, particularly in light of current political debates about globalization and widening social inequality in Europe.  

Elite (Social sciences) --- History --- Russia --- Europe --- Social conditions --- Relations --- postcolonial studies, geopolitical periphery, globalization.

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Intersektionell wirkende Macht- und Ungleichheitsstrukturen lassen sich besonders gut an privaten Haushalten analysieren - vor allem in Bezug auf Geschlechterverhältnisse. Patricia Zuckerhut nimmt Haushalte der Nahua in Cuetzalan, Mexiko, in den Blick, die sowohl Teil des globalen kapitalistischen Systems wie auch der lokalen Politik sind. Sie betrachtet Veränderungen der Autoritäts- und Machtbeziehungen aufgrund von politischen und ökonomischen Transformationen, aber auch solche, die sich durch das Eintreten oder Weggehen von Haushaltsmitgliedern ergeben. Als besonders relevant erweisen sich dabei lokale Vorstellungen der Einbindung von Mensch und Gesellschaft in den Kosmos, als einem System, das menschliche und nichtmenschliche Akteur_innen inkludiert. »Das Buch [...] bietet eine umfangreiche Untersuchung für ein Mikro-Territorium und kann Grundlage für weitergehende Forschungen in der Region sein.« Mario Koch, AmerIndian Research, 44 (2017)

Gender; Mexiko; Weltökonomie; Kosmovision; Pluriversalität; Macht; Ethnologie; Gender Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Kultur; Geschlecht; Postkolonialismus; Mexico; World Economy; Cosmovision; Pluriversality; Power; Ethnology; Culture; Postcolonialism; --- Cosmovision. --- Culture. --- Ethnology. --- Gender Studies. --- Mexico. --- Pluriversality. --- Postcolonial Studies. --- Postcolonialism. --- Power. --- World Economy.

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This book presents the first in-depth critical and historical examination of the internationally renowned National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in the context of postcolonial theatre. Combining a postcolonial theoretical framework with performance studies and dance analysis, the study examines the interrelationship of Jamaican modern dance theatre aesthetics and the Caribbean's complex cultural genealogy since 1492. Addressing issues of postcolonial nationalism and Jamaican identity politics, the book provides the first comprehensive study of the NDTC's modern dance theatre works as it situates dance theatre choreography at the centre of postcolonial independence politics and cultural theory in the Caribbean.

Dance --- Cultural Studies. --- Dance. --- Postcolonial Studies. --- Postcolonialism. --- Theatre Studies. --- Theatre; Dance; Cultural Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Postcolonialism; Theatre Studies --- Postcolonialism and the arts. --- National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica. --- Arts and postcolonialism --- Arts --- Jamaica National Dance Theatre Company --- Jamaica NDTC --- N.D.T.C. (National Dance Theatre Company) --- NDTC (National Dance Theatre Company) --- Theatre --- Cultural Studies --- Postcolonial Studies --- Postcolonialism --- Theatre Studies