A Caribbeanist is a scholar who specializes in the study of the
Caribbean region of the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
-- its
literature
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,
culture
Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...
,
politics
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...
,
society
A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Soci ...
,
ecology
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and so forth. In some
academic
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disciplines Caribbean studies are seen as a branch of the larger field of
Latin American studies
Latin American studies (LAS) is an academic and research field associated with the study of Latin America. The interdisciplinary study is a subfield of area studies, and can be composed of numerous disciplines such as economics, sociology, history ...
.
See also
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Vera Mae Green
External links
;Library Guides for Caribbean Studies
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Latin American, Caribbean, U.S. Latinx, and Iberian Online Free E-Resources (LACLI) Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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Caribbean studies
Latin American studies
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