Authors: Bondarenko Lidia, Polkhovskaya Elena
Abstract: This paper examines the concept of socio-cultural frontiers as they emerge within Caribbean discourses and cultural theory. It argues that the Caribbean—shaped by colonialism, slavery, indentureship, and continuous migration—functions as a dynamic frontier zone where diverse cultures, languages, religions, and epistemologies intersect and transform one another. Drawing on the works of Brathwaite, Glissant, Hall, and other Caribbean thinkers, the study explores how creolization, hybridity, and diasporic circulation complicate traditional notions of cultural boundaries. The plantation, the linguistic divide between Creole and European languages, and the region’s heterogeneous spiritual practices are identified as key sites where socio-cultural frontiers are produced and negotiated. In Caribbean intellectual and literary traditions, these frontiers are not fixed borders but fluid, generative spaces that enable new identities, knowledge systems, and modes of resistance. The paper concludes that socio-cultural frontiers offer a critical framework for understanding the Caribbean as a constantly evolving space of relation, creativity, and contestation.
DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17863492
