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Exile and post-1946 Haitian literature : Alexis, Depestre, Ollivier, Laferrière, Danticat /
Haitian writing is one of the richest literary traditions in the Americas, and yet is little known outside of Haiti. This book is an introduction to this literature, focusing on the period from 1946 to the present, a time in which exile has become the dominant theme in Haitian writing. Reading post-...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Liverpool [England] :
Liverpool University Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Contemporary French and francophone cultures ;
7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Inhabiting Haiti; 1: Jacques-Stephen Alexis. Janus in Limbo: Urbanization, Exoticism, and Creolization; 2: René Depestre Internal Exiles and Exotic Longings; 3: Émile Ollivier Passing Through; 4: Dany Laferrière Master of the New; 5: Edwidge Danticat Home Is Where the Hurt Is; Conclusion: The Missing People: Theorizing Haitian and Caribbean Exiles; Notes; Bibliography; Index.