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Narrative Mutations : Discourses of Heredity and Caribbean Literature.

In this book, Rudyard Alcocer offers a theory of Caribbean narrative, accounting for the complex interactions between scientific and literary discourses while expanding the horizons of narrative studies in general.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Alcocer, Rudyard J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Routledge, 2005.
Series:Literary criticism and cultural theory.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Heredity and Discursivity: From Pre-History to the Plantation; Chapter Two Misce-gene-nation: Heredity and the Rise of Pluralism in Caribbean Narrative; Chapter Three Talking Flowers and Flowering People: Narrative, Plant Genetics, and Caribbean Identity; Chapter Four Bound Bodies: The Struggle in Caribbean Narrative Against Biological Determinism; Chapter Five Hybridity and Its Mysteries: Heredity, Intertextuality, and Cultural Identity in the Caribbean.