Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-345) and index.

Reworking anthropology from the "outside within" -- Unburying theory , repositioning practice : anthropological praxis in peripheral predica ments -- Remapping routes, unearthing roots : rethinking Caribbean conn ections with the U.S. South -- Writing against the grain : cultural pol itics of difference in Alice Walker's fiction -- Probing the legacy of empire : reflexive notes on Caribbeanist Gordon K. Lewis -- Gangs, poli tics, and dilemmas of global restructuring in Jamaica -- The gendered v iolence of structural adjustment -- Everyday neoliberalism in Cuba : a glimpse from Jamaica -- Global apartheid at home and abroad -- Justice for all : the challenges of advocacy research in the global age -- Teac hing philosophy -- Academia, the free market, and diversity -- A labor of love : an emancipated woman's legacy.