2021, Volume 1

2021, Volume 1: Masking as Quintessential Authenticity: Healing, Intersectionality and Interstices in the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Dutch Caribbean and Beyond


Complete Citation:

Nicholas Faraclas, Ronald Severing, Elisabeth Echteld, Sally Delgado and Wim Rut-gers (Eds.) (2021). Masking as Quintessential Authenticity: Healing, Intersectionality and Interstices in the Languages, Literatures and Cultures of the Dutch Caribbean and Beyond. Proceedings of the ECICC, No longer in Martinique, but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Curaçao/Puerto Rico: University of Curaçao/ University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. Volume 1, 370 pp. ISBN 978-99904-4-069-0.


MASKING, AUTHENTICITY AND INTERSECTIONALITIES IN 11 THE STUDY OF PAPIAMENTU/O 1 The role of a critical period for language acquisition in L1 attrition: 13 The case of Jamaican Creole-Papiamentu contact Trecel Messam 2 Klasifikashon di determinante (Det) den Papiamentu, ku atenshon 23 pa su omishon (ø Det) Ithel Brute i Ronald Severing 3 Language use and attitudes toward Papiamentu among Latinx immigrants 41 in Curaçao Ellen-Petra Kester and Bibian Carolina George MASKING, AUTHENTICITY AND INTERSECTIONALITIES IN 71 THE LITERATURES OF THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN 4 Literair erfgoed: De drievoudige dreiging van klimaat, kakkerlak en komehein. 73 Nieuwe kansen voor de literatuurgeschiedschrijving Wim Rutgers 5 ‘Upful Itations’ for life: Lasana M Sekou’s Book of the Dead 85 Dannabang Kuwabong 6 Silence kills memory: Edgar Caïro’s De Smaak van Sranan Libre 105 Lucia Nankoe 7 The ghost of a colony’s past: A Dutch revenant as plantation history 111 Ari Alannah Hernandez 8 Een beknopte analyse van de adaptatie Nos Baluartenan (2016) door Paul 121 Comenencia naar een toneelstuk van Henrik Ibsen Elisabeth Echteld MASKING, AUTHENTICITY AND INTERSECTIONALITIES IN 137 THE CULTURES OF THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 9 A multi-voiced perspective on Curaçao’s colonial history through 139 traditional songs Rose Mary Allen 10 Négritude, Black Consciousness and the French and Dutch Caribbean 153 Nagueyalti Warren 11 Carnival, cultural resilience and COVID-19 in the Dutch Caribbean 163 and in Trinidad and Tobago Gregory Richardson and Meagan Sylvester MASKING, AUTHENTICITY AND INTERSECTIONALITIES IN 169 THE LANGUAGES OF THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 12 Further thoughts on Suriname and the Jamaican Maroon Spirit Language 171 Ian Hancock 13 Africanisms revisited: Resisting repression in the Dutch and 203 British colonial Caribbean Ann Albuyeh 14 El elemento portugués en la lengua franca de Suriname, el sranantongo 219 Welmoed de Boer MASKING, AUTHENTICITY AND INTERSECTIONALITIES IN 233 EDUCATION IN THE DUTCH CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 15 Examining the use of specific reading comprehension strategies among 235 struggling Caribbean readers: A mixed methods inquiry Margaret Toni Babwah and Tyrone Ali 16 How can teachers minimize behavioral problems in Caribbean language 259 classrooms? Thaisha Shennely Martina 17 Rethinking language, rethinking acquisition 279 Cely Thompson Significado versus significante: ¿Una carrera universitaria es igual 293 a “ser alguien”? Ángel Eduardo Pérez-Vega MASKING, AUTHENTICITY AND INTERSECTIONALITIES 303 IN THE STUDY OF ARUBAN SOCIETY 19 Caribbean spaces and legal systems: legal legacies and economic 305 outcomes in Aruba Donald Saint Patrick Taylor 20 A politics of pretence: Venezuelans’ legal liminality in the Aruban 315 asylum system Hannah Mayr 21 Stress and resilience in times of monumental change: The case 335 of Aruba during COVID-19 Clementia Eugene and Juliet Chieuw 22 The influence of social media on the sexual behaviors of adolescents 351 in Aruba Lisen Lalwani ABOUT THE COVER ARTIST Geerdine Kuijpers (Curaçao) Prof. Dr. Wim Rutgers s (Aruba) Dr. Sally J. Delgado  (Puerto Rico)  Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Echteld (Curaçao) Prof. Dr. Ronald Severing (Curaçao) Prof. Dr. Nicholas Faraclas (Puerto Rico