Description: Taking the reader into the lived experience of Afro-Caribbean people who call the watery lowlands of Belize home, Melissa A. Johnson traces Belizean Creole peoples' relationships with the plants, animals, water, and soils around them, and analyzes how these relationships intersect with transnational racial assemblages.
Review Quotes: "Timely and timeless, Johnson's elegant writing carries us into the Belizean forest, literally and metaphorically. Showing how culture and nature are mutually constitutive, this intimate work is by far the best portrayal of the complexities of race in Belize, and sheds new light on the entire Atlantic world."--Richard Wilk "distinguished professor emeritus, Indiana University"