Description: This fascinating book demonstrates how colonial exploitation of the Caribbean led directly to contemporary forms of consumption of the region and its products, and calls for a global ethics of consumer responsibility.
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'This is a stunning book! It is beautifully reasoned and well-documented and demonstrates Sheller's mastery of her material, but it is much more. It is original in its approach ... and above all, it is elegantly and sensitively written.' - Janet Abu Lughod, New School of Social Research, USA
'Beautifully written, clearly argued and well exemplified, Consuming the Carribean illustrates the importance of historically embedded and geographically extensive narratives of interconnection in helping to foster more ethical gloabl relationships. My hope is that the book will serve to encourage greater reflexvitiy among both those who work on the Caribbean region and those who do not, but imagine that it must be 'fun' to do so. Consuming the Caribbean. is a wonderful book that deserves considerable attention from geographers.' - Cultural Geographies