Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Steeve Buckridge
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Steeve Buckridge Director, Area Studies Associate Professor-African acn Caribean history Affilitations Primary College College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Brooks College Partnership Assoc. Faculty - African and American Studies |
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TEACHING FOCUS RESEARCH FOCUS Current research: examine the production of bark-cloth in Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and its impact on the lives of African slaves. Studying African customs in dress, textiles, and weaving techniques. RECENT AWARDS AND HONORS Ford Foundation fellowship and was based at the University of the West Indies as a Ford fellow. He has lectured in South Africa and served as a visiting professor at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS The Language of Dress: Resistance and Accommodation in Jamaica, 1760-1890 was published by the University of the West Indies Press and released in 2004 He has published and has presented numerous papers on dress customs among Caribbean Slaves. INTEREST AREAS Pre-Colonial and Colonial Africa. Pre-Columbian and Early Colonial Caribean. Women/Gender and Sexuality and Material Culture. WEBSITE http://www.gvsu.edu/history/index.cfm?id=25638D18-FECC-52E8-B750074304FE2E62 |
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