Working juju : representations of the Caribbean fantastic /

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Working Juju examines how fantastical and unreal modes are deployed in portrayals of the Caribbean in popular and literary culture as well as in the visual arts. The Caribbean has historically been constructed as a region mantled by the fantastic. Andrea Shaw Nevins analyzes such imaginings of the C...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaw Nevins, Andrea, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, 2019.
Temas:
Caribbean literature (English) > History and criticism.
Fantastic, The, in literature.
Fantastic, The, in art.
Magic in literature.
Religion and literature > Caribbean Area > History.
Literature and society > Caribbean Area > History.
Literature and history > Caribbean Area > History.
Littérature antillaise (anglaise) > Histoire et critique.
Fantastique dans la littérature.
Art fantastique.
Magie dans la littérature.
Religion et littérature > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
Littérature et société > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
Littérature et histoire > Caraïbes (Région) > Histoire.
fantastic art.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Black Studies (Global)
Caribbean literature (English)
Civilization.
Intellectual life.
Literature and history.
Literature and society.
Manners and customs.
Religion and literature.
Caribbean Area > Civilization.
Caribbean Area > Social life and customs.
Caribbean Area > Intellectual life.
Caraïbes (Région) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Caraïbes (Région) > Vie intellectuelle.
Caribbean Area.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Kingdoms in other worlds : the science of working juju
  • British obeah : the making of Caribbean savages
  • Devilish divas and gangster monsters : Hollywood's monstrous imaginings of the Caribbean
  • The haunting of a nation : death and discourse in Jamaica
  • Exodus : the intergalactic movement of Jah people in the works of Tobias Buckell
  • Conclusion. Seeing strange things : fantastical visual portrayals of the Caribbean
  • Appendix. Interview with Tobias Buckell.

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