Rum Reggae S Puerto Rico

The Caribbean ranks among the earliest and most completely globalized regions in the world. From the first moment Europeans set foot on the islands to the present, products, people, and ideas have made their way back and forth between the region and other parts of the globe with unequal but inexorable force. An inventory of some of these unprecedented multidirectional exchanges, this volume provides a measure of, as well as a model for, new scholarship on globalization in the region. Ten essays by leading scholars in the field of Caribbean studies identify and illuminate important social and cultural aspects of the region as it seeks to maintain its own identity against the unrelenting pressures of globalization. These essays examine cultural phenomena in their creolized forms--from sports and religion to music and drink--as well as the Caribbean manifestations of more universal trends--from racial inequality and feminist activism to indebtedness and economic uncertainty. Throughout, the volume points to the contending forces of homogeneity and differentiation that define globalization and highlights the growing agency of the Caribbean peoples in the modern world. Contributors: Antonio Benitez-Rojo (1931-2004) Alex Dupuy, Wesleyan University Juan Flores, City University of New York Graduate Center Jorge L. Giovannetti, University of Puerto Rico Aline Helg, University of Geneva Franklin W. Knight, The Johns Hopkins University Anthony P. Maingot, Florida International University Teresita Martinez-Vergne, Macalester College Helen McBain, Economic Commission for Latin America & the Caribbean, Trinidad Frances Negron-Muntaner, Columbia University Valentina Peguero, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Raquel Romberg, Temple University

Rum & Reggae has become the recognized guidebook to the Caribbean by in-the-know travelers, baby-boomers, as well as active and adventurous types of all ages.

An essential guide to this stimulating and gyrating developing country, this book helps travelers navigate this often chaotic place with the strength, style, and grace of Pedro Martínez. With wit, attitude, and pizzazz, this entertaining and fun-to-read book will appeal to in-the-know and savvy travelers. The information and recommendations included cover everything from hotels, resorts, beaches, activities, and historic sights to branché cafés, hot clubs, and tryst hideaways.

Growing up as a child in a working-class family, Dian Cunningham always liked magic, flying on the Brooklyn’s sea breezes and the seagulls’ huah-ings to meet the adventures that each day living in Flatbush had to offer. Dian lived in Brooklyn from her birth in 1955 to 1982, the height of the baby boomers. She grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, within walking distance of Midwood High—which boasts alums such as Woody Allen, Wentworth Miller, Erich Segal, and Emmanuel Lewis—and not too far from Erasmus Hall High—where alums such as Neil Diamond, Barbara Streisand, and chess-whiz Bobby Fischer attended. How could the writer not feel that growing up in Brooklyn playing stickball, punch ball, and running wild in the streets, feet slapping down the cement slabs on hot sidewalks, where moms, grandmothers, elderly neighbors watched you grow up from their duplex windows and sometimes shared jubilant sunny Coney Island Beach days or painful life events, such as experiencing the wasp stings of learning about racism or being introduced to drug use on the streets, was everything she needed to meet her adulthood face on?

This guide to the island of salsa, heat, and piña coladas includes everything savvy and sophisticated travelers need to know. From hotels, restaurants, casinos, and the bustling nightlife of San Juan to the calm waters of Boquerón and the fabulous links at Dorado Beach, all the major attractions of Puerto Rico are discussed in sassy, honest prose.