Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of contents

Preface

Chapter One Transinsularism from a Caribbean Perspective

General Views of Caribbean Insularities and Mobilities

Plantation

Creole

Transnationalism

The Site

Chapter Two Militarisation and Culebra’s Transinsular Precedents

Colonisation of Passage Island

The Arrival of The U.S. Navy

U.s. Navy Claims Culebra

Culebrenses Claim Culebra

The Aftermath

Conclusion

Chapter Three Conflicted Visions of Land

Visions of Consumable Landscapes

Mobile Insularities

Litigation Over Coastal Access

The Coastal Gentrification Argument

Discrepant Networks in Culebra’s Landscape

Romero’s Rejection of The Noble Savage: Two Instances

Costa Bonita

Estudios Técnicos, Inc.

Binaries Nonetheless

Notes

Chapter Four Working the Ubiquitous Seas

Introduction: How is The Sea?

The Atlantic

The Ship

The Culebra Fishermen’s Association

The Fishing Reserve

Snapperfarm

Conclusion: The Ubiquity of The Sea

Notes

Chapter Five Musical Movements

Music and Place

The Spanish Caribbean: Salsa, From Transnationalism to Nationhood

The English Caribbean: The Steel Band Movement of Trinidad and Tobago

Musical Mobile Insularities

The Sounds of Culebra I: La Sonora Culebrense

The Sounds of Culebra II: Los Isleños

The Sounds of Culebra III: The Culebra Municipal Steel Band

The Sounds of Culebra IV: La Wiki Sound

Sounds of Culebra: Calypso

Mobile Insularities or Improvised Structures in Culebra’s Social Relations

Notes

Conclusion: An Eye on the Creative Tension

References

Index