Island Studies Journal – Vol. 7, No. 2
November 2012

Scholarly Articles

Book Reviews

  • Inseln und Archipele. Kulturelle Figuren des Insularen zwischen Isolation und Entgrenzung [Islands and Archipelagos. Cultural Figures of the Insular between Isolation and Delimitation] by Anna E. Wilkens, Patrick Ramponi & Helge Wendt (eds.) (reviewer: Sophie Engelen)
  • Tectonic Shifts: Haiti Since the Earthquake by Mark Schuller and Pablo Morales (eds.) (reviewer: Ilan Kelman)
  • Sports Event Management: The Caribbean Experience by Lesley-Anne Jordan, Ben Tyson, Carolyn Hale and David Truly (eds.) (reviewer: Stephen A. Royle)
  • Garrote: The Illusion of Social Equality and Political Justice in the United States Virgin Islands by H. Akia Gore  (reviewer: Lomarsh Roopnarine)
  • Summoning the Powers Beyond: Traditional Religions in Micronesia by Jay Dobbin (reviewer: David Kupferman)
  • Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place, and Time on Canada’s West Coast by Phillip Vannini (reviewer: Gary N. Wilson)
  • Despite This Loss: Essays on Culture, Memory and Identity in Newfoundland and Labrador by Ursula A. Kelly & Elizabeth Yeoman (eds.) (reviewer: Judith P. Robertson)
  • Imperial Andamans: Colonial Encounter and Island History by Aparna Vaidik (reviewer: M. Satish Kumar)
  • Islands Beyond the Horizon: The Life of Twenty of the World’s Most Remote Places  by Roger Lovegrove (reviewer: Chris Perkins)
  • From One Island to Another: A Celebration of Island Connections by Karin Topsø Larsen (Ed.) (reviewer: Jørgen Rasmussen)
  • Island Songs: A Global Repertoire by Godfrey Baldacchino (Ed.) (reviewer: Hans Utter)
  • Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the Men who Stole the World by Nicholas Shaxson (reviewer: Mark Hampton)
  • Islanded Identities: Constructions of Postcolonial Cultural Insularity by Maeve McCusker and Anthony Soares (eds.) (reviewer: Charles Forsdick)