Neither led nor driven : contesting British cultural imperialism in Jamaica, 1865-1920 /
Moore, Brian L.,1948-
Johnson, Michele A.
Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press,
c2004.
"This book examines the cultural evolution of the Jamaican people after the explosive uprising at Morant Bay in 1865. It offers an analysis of the cultural tapestry fashioned by the Jamaican people and the specific methods used by British imperial legislators and the cultural elite in the attempt to inculcate order and control and to build a new society in Jamaica founded on the principles of Victorian Christian morality and British imperial ideology." "Moore and Johnson demonstrate that this attempt resulted in a sustained attack on everything that was perceived to be of African origin and the glorification of Christian piety, Victorian mores, and a Eurocentric "ideal" of family life and social hierarchies."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-458) and index.
In the shadow of Morant Bay : Jamaica, 1865-1920 -- Afro-Creole belief system I : obeah, duppies and other "dark superstitions" -- Afro-Creole belief system II : folk religions -- Sex, marriage and family : attitudes and policies -- "Manners maketh (wo)man" : transforming the Jamaican character -- Christianizing Jamaica : the quest for a moral culture -- Schooling for God and Empire : the ideology of colonial education -- Proselytizing the Asian immigrants -- The cult of monarchy and Empire : moulding British colonial subjects -- Britannica versus " Africana" : contestation and negotiation.
"This book examines the cultural evolution of the Jamaican people after the explosive uprising at Morant Bay in 1865. It offers an analysis of the cultural tapestry fashioned by the Jamaican people and the specific methods used by British imperial legislators and the cultural elite in the attempt to inculcate order and control and to build a new society in Jamaica founded on the principles of Victorian Christian morality and British imperial ideology." "Moore and Johnson demonstrate that this attempt resulted in a sustained attack on everything that was perceived to be of African origin and the glorification of Christian piety, Victorian mores, and a Eurocentric "ideal" of family life and social hierarchies."--BOOK JACKET.
Nationalism
Neither led nor driven.