With Amber Dean. "Unfixing Imaginings of the City: Art Gentrification, & Cultures of Surveillance" in Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, & Action, 4 (2)

Hamilton, so frequently imagined as “the city that once worked,” is now imagined as “the city in need of fixing.” The current drive “to fix” the downtown core in particular results in narrow imaginings that endorse a "cleansing" and uniformity aimed at displacing some of the city's most marginalized members. In this article, we examine […]

"A Lack of Public Memory: A Public Memory of Lack" in Trans/acting Culture, Writing, and Memory: Essays in Honour of Barbara Godard

Membering Austin Clarke

Despite being one of Canada's most widely published, and most richly awarded writers, Austin Clarke (1934–2016) is not a household name. This collection addresses Clarke's marginalization in Canadian literature by demonstrating that his writing on Black diasporic life and the immigrant experience is a foundational, if untold, part of the story of CanLit.

Blackening Canada: Diaspora, Race, Multiculturalism

Focusing on the work of black, diasporic writers in Canada, particularly Dionne Brand, Austin Clarke, and Tessa McWatt, Blackening Canada investigates the manner in which literature can transform conceptions of nation and diaspora. Through a consideration of literary representation, public discourse, and the language of political protest, Paul Barrett argues that Canadian multiculturalism uniquely enables black diasporic […]

The Narrative of Liberation: Perspectives on Afro-Caribbean Literature, Popular Culture, and Politics

The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions

The Encyclopedia of Caribbean Religions is the definitive reference for Caribbean religious phenomena from a Caribbean perspective. Generously illustrated, this landmark project combines the breadth of a comparative approach to religion with the depth of understanding of Caribbean spirituality as an ever-changing and varied historical phenomenon. Organized alphabetically, entries examine how Caribbean religious experiences have been […]

Nation Dance: Religion, Identity and Cultural Difference in the Caribbean

Dealing with the ongoing interaction of rich and diverse cultural traditions from Cuba and Jamaica to Guyana and Surinam, Nation Dance addresses some of the major contemporary issues in the study of Caribbean religion and identity. The book's three sections move from a focus on spirituality and healing, to theology in social and political context, […]

Forging Identities and Patterns of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fire Woman

"Workshop Negative: Political Theatre in Zimbabwe in the 1980s" in Theatre Research International, 44 (3), 262-272