Department of Anthropology
114 Macbride Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242-1322
Phone: 319-335-0522
Fax: 319-335-0653
Email: anthropology at uiowa.edu
Background:
Jerry Wever is a socio-cultural Ph. D. candidate specializing in ethnomusicology and expressive culture, is a member of the Caribbean, Diasporas and Atlantic Studies program, and is a Crossing Borders fellow. He is finishing his dissertation entitled Postcolonial Creolizations: Expressive culture and power in St. Lucia and Seychelles. It comparatively analyzes how social actors shape complex processes of cultural recuperation in the postcolonial era. A major case study in St. Lucia is on the creolization of U.S. Country & Western. He obtained his M.A. at U. of Iowa with a thesis entitled: Creolization and the Role of the Festival Jounen Kwéyòl (Creole Day) in the Recasting of St. Lucian Identity. Research specializations include: Creolization, Globalization, Postcoloniality, Empire,Whiteness, Gender, Power, Identity, Decolonization, Ethnicity, Racism, Political Economy, Representation, Heritage Tourism, and Historical Anthropology and Ethnomusicology. Area specializations include: African Diaspora, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, French Creolephone, U.S.A, Louisiana.