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A History of Creole Trinidad, 1956-2010The 1980s: Money, Malaise, Modernity

A History of Creole Trinidad, 1956-2010: The 1980s: Money, Malaise, Modernity [This chapter examines the final days of the oil boom and the death of Eric Williams in 1981, which marked a paradigm shift from the previous two decades. The society went from an agricultural-industrial hybrid to a consumerist one, embroiled in mass consumption of foreign goods, increased access to media (press, television, and films), and foreign travel and emigration. The chapter sketches the economic crash from 1983 and the trauma that followed. The “rise” of the Indian community into national consciousness is also illustrated as they were able to ride the tide of rising national income. Also included is an illustration of the preoccupations of Hindu versus Creole society from a newspaper debate among rival Hindu factions which lasted for a year. The chapter also looks at some of the historical particularities of Trinidad in the weekly press and a national cultural trait called mauvais langue.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Creole Trinidad, 1956-2010The 1980s: Money, Malaise, Modernity

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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
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978-3-030-75633-8
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141 –178
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10.1007/978-3-030-75634-5_7
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[This chapter examines the final days of the oil boom and the death of Eric Williams in 1981, which marked a paradigm shift from the previous two decades. The society went from an agricultural-industrial hybrid to a consumerist one, embroiled in mass consumption of foreign goods, increased access to media (press, television, and films), and foreign travel and emigration. The chapter sketches the economic crash from 1983 and the trauma that followed. The “rise” of the Indian community into national consciousness is also illustrated as they were able to ride the tide of rising national income. Also included is an illustration of the preoccupations of Hindu versus Creole society from a newspaper debate among rival Hindu factions which lasted for a year. The chapter also looks at some of the historical particularities of Trinidad in the weekly press and a national cultural trait called mauvais langue.]

Published: Aug 7, 2021

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