Dr. Matthew Chin Dr. Matthew Chin

Fractal Repair: Queer Histories of Modern Jamaica

Dr. Matthew Chin investigates queerness in Jamaica from early colonial occupation to the present, critically responding to the island’s global reputation for extreme homophobia and anti-queer violence.

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Leo Zeilig Leo Zeilig

Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story

In the first full-length study of Dr. Walter Rodney’s life, Leo Zeilig critically considers Rodney’s contribution to Marxist theory and history, and the contemporary significance of his work today’s society.

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Dr. Charles Price Dr. Charles Price

Rastafari: The Evolution of a People and Their Identity

Charting its humble and rebellious roots in Jamaica’s backcountry in the late nineteenth century to the present day, Dr. Charles Price explains how Jamaicans’ obsession with the Rastafari wavered from campaigns of violence to appeasement and cooptation.

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