Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean

YVON VAN DER PIJL is an associate professor of cultural anthropology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. She co-edited the volume Antropologische vergezichten: mondialisering, migratie en multiculturaliteit.FRANCIO GUADELOUPE is an associate professor of anthropology of the University of Amsterdam and senior research fellow at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV-KNAW), the Netherlands. He is the author of Chanting Down the New Jerusalem: Calypso,Christianity, and Capitalism in the Caribbean.LINDEN LEWIS is a Presidential Professor of Sociology at Bucknell University. He is the editor of Caribbean Sovereignty, Development, and Democracy in an Age of Globalization and the co-editor of Color, Hair and Bone: Race in the Twenty-first Century.

"Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a compelling collection of debates, case studies, and ethnographies of belonging. It is a philosophical and cultural search for a political space of comfort between colonial dependence and autonomy. Focusing on the non-sovereign status of the Caribbean it opens up the possibility for articulating notions of freedom and liberty in the region." - Linden Lewis (editor of Caribbean Sovereignty, Development, and Democracy in an Age of Globalization) "With editors persuasively arguing for a revolutionary non-Western vision of non/sovereignty, this outstanding anthology offers an enlightening alternative look at questions of belonging, and equality and freedom (equaliberty). In case after case in the Dutch-Caribbean, contributors challenge Western-imposed notions of sovereignty and envision new political and socio-cultural futures, making significant contributions to Caribbean Studies and beyond." - Antonio Sotomayor (author of The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico) "Equaliberty in the Dutch Caribbean is a compelling collection of debates, case studies, and ethnographies of belonging. It is a philosophical and cultural search for a political space of comfort between colonial dependence and autonomy. Focusing on the non-sovereign status of the Caribbean it opens up the possibility for articulating notions of freedom and liberty in the region." - Linden Lewis (editor of Caribbean Sovereignty, Development, and Democracy in an Age of Globalization) "With editors persuasively arguing for a revolutionary non-Western vision of non/sovereignty, this outstanding anthology offers an enlightening alternative look at questions of belonging, and equality and freedom (equaliberty). In case after case in the Dutch-Caribbean, contributors challenge Western-imposed notions of sovereignty and envision new political and socio-cultural futures, making significant contributions to Caribbean Studies and beyond." - Antonio Sotomayor (author of The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puer)

• ForewordLinden LewisIntroductionFrancio Guadeloupe and Yvon van der Pijl1 Stories of Autonomy on Non-Sovereign Saba: Flipping the Script of Postcolonial ResistanceNikki Mulder2 “Education Must Be More!” Imagining and (Re)producing St. Martin/Sint Maarten BelongingJordi Halfman3 People from Outside: Transnationalism and Nationness on Twenty-First-CenturyCuraÇaoGuiselle Starink-Martha4 The Trinta di Mei Labor Revolt and Its Aftermath: Anticipating a Just and Equitable CuraÇaoan NationRose Mary Allen5 Some Are More Equal than Others? Human Rights Education at the University of CuraÇao’s School of LawLisenne Delgado6 Thinking, Seeing, and Doing like a Kingdom: The Making of Caribbean Netherlands Statistics and the “Native Bonairian”Francisca GrommÉ7 After Free Markets and Foundations: Challenges to Self-Determination on St. MartinAntonio Carmona BÁez8 Sweet Breakaway: Where Equality and Liberty Meet on ArubaGregory Richardson9 “We Come out to Free Up”: Movement, Dance, and Liberation in West Indian CalypsoCharissa Arlette Granger10 “It’s Gonna Be Incredible”: Lessons on Being, Becoming, and Belonging from Statian YouthNicole Sanches and Yvon van der PijlEpilogueAnton AllaharAcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIndex