Get Involved!

Stories of Bahamian Civil Society

Kim Williams-Pulfer (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2024
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-3445-3 (ISBN)

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Philanthropy is commonly depicted as a universal practice and is either valued for supporting community transformation or critiqued for limiting social justice. However, dominant definitions and even popular connotations tend to privilege wealthy Western approaches. Using the Caribbean as a rich site of observance and concentrating on the island nation-state of The Bahamas, Get Involved! uncovers the hidden and under-documented activities of “philanthropy from below,” revealing a broader conception of philanthropy and civil society, especially within Black and other historically marginalized populations. Kim Williams-Pulfer draws on narrative analysis from enslavement to the current post-post-colonial moment, depicting the repertoires and practices of primarily Afro-Bahamians through the stories emerging from history (including the transnational observations of Zora Neale Hurston, social movements, and political and social institution building), the arts (from Junkanoo, literature, and visual practices), to the lived experiences of contemporary civil society leaders. Get Involved! shows the long history and continued significance of civil society and philanthropic engagement in The Bahamas, the circum-Caribbean, and the wider African Diaspora.

Junkanoo is the national cultural festival of The Bahamas. It fosters a sense of community pride, identity, companionship, spirituality and unity. Watch a video about Junknoo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnMpMesNb1Q&t=14s

KIM WILLIAMS-PULFER is an independent scholar and the principal consultant of KWP Research Strategies LLC, a research consulting firm focused on community development, the arts, public humanities, and nonprofit and philanthropic management, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Chapter 1        “There are ways to get involved…”

Chapter 2        Submarine Narratives and Transnational Action

Chapter 3        “And the People are Outside”: Historical Narratives of Bahamian Civil Society

Chapter 4        Black Politics and Civil Society

Chapter 5        Arts as Engagement and Identity

Chapter 6        Narratives of the Contemporary Lived Experience

Chapter 7        Entangled Time and The Future of Civil Society

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	22.08.2024
Zusatzinfo	1 table
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
ISBN-10	1-9788-3445-4 / 1978834454
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-3445-3 / 9781978834453
Zustand	Neuware