Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655-1844 (Caribbean History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9766401780 ISBN 13: 9789766401788

Publisher: University Press of the West Indies, 2007

Synopsis

In 1974 Lucille Mathurin Mair defended her dissertation, which has since become a classic work in Caribbean historiography and influenced generations of scholars. Through extensive archival work with estate records, legal records, family papers and private correspondence, she sought out the women of Jamaica's past during slavery, women of all classes, all colours, black, brown and white. The work stands as a convincing exposure of women as agents of history - a path-breaking achievement at a time when Caribbean historiography ignored women. From her meticulous research emerged a powerful statement that has shaped subsequent understandings of gendered and cultural relations in Jamaican society: the white woman consumed, the coloured woman served and the black woman laboured. Over three decades Mair's dissertation became the most sought after unpublished work among students and scholars of Caribbean history and culture. Now available as a published monograph, the work will be more widely available to a new generation of scholars concerned with Atlantic history, slavery, culture and gender. bibliography, containing the original bibliography in the dissertation now supplemented by bibliographies detailing Mathurin Mair's subsequent publications, subsequent UWI theses on women or gender, and books, articles and papers on Caribbean gender issues since 1974. Co-published with the Centre for Gender and Development Studies, University of the West Indies, Jamaica.

About this title

About the Author:

Lucille Mathurin Mair is a well-known historian, author, teacher, activist and diplomat. She taught at the University of the West Indies for several years and has been honoured for her work in the field of international relations and women's rights. Hilary McD. Beckles is Professor of Social and Economic History, Pro Vice Chancellor and Principal, University of the West Indies, Barbados. He has published extensively on Caribbean slavery, gender, history and sports. Verene A. Shepherd is Professor of Social History, Department of History, University of the West Indies, Jamaica. She has published widely on Caribbean slavery, gender, history and the Indo-Caribbean experience.

Review:

"The publication of A Historical Study of Women in Jamaica, 1655-1844 is long overdue. Its importance in the development of an indigenous West Indian intellectual feminist practice cannot be overstated."

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of the West Indies
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9766401780
• ISBN 13: 9789766401788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Beckles Hilary McD., Shepherd Verene A.