Confidence in a Confidence Man: A Banana-Disease “Solution” in Late Colonial Jamaica
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Banana growers in 1930s Jamaica believed there was no cure for the fungus known as Panama disease that was laying waste to banana crops across the island. With their livelihoods threatened, some growers on the island latched onto the possibility of a miracle cure for the disease, even as scientists claimed no cure existed. This article tells the story of the “cure” known as Banana Sol, its creator, and his trail of deception across agricultural industries. The story of Banana Sol highlights how ecological crises create vulnerability, a vulnerability that some take advantage of for personal gain.
Source: Universitätsbibliothek der LMU
DOI: 10.5282/rcc/9874
Author: Plishka, Matthew
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6894221589
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