Sucking salt : Caribbean women writers, migration, and survival /

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"Examines the literature of black Caribbean emigrant and island women including Dorothea Smartt, Edwidge Danticat, Paule Marshall, and others, who use the terminology and imagery of "sucking salt" as an articulation of a New World voice connoting adaptation, improvisation, and creativ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gadsby, Meredith
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Caribbean American authors > History and criticism.
Canadian literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women authors, Caribbean > English-speaking countries.
Minority women in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Culture in literature.
National characteristics, Caribbean.
American literature > History and criticism.
Canadian literature > History and criticism.
English literature > History and criticism.
Littérature américaine > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes américains > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs américains d'origine antillaise > Histoire et critique.
Littérature canadienne > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes canadiens > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Écrits de femmes anglais > Histoire et critique.
Écrivaines antillaises > Pays anglophones.
Femmes issues des minorités dans la littérature.
Ethnicité dans la littérature.
Culture dans la littérature.
Antillais.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
English literature.
Canadian literature.
American literature.
American literature > Caribbean American authors.
American literature > Women authors.
Canadian literature > Women authors.
English literature > Women authors.
Manners and customs.
Women authors, Caribbean.
Frauenliteratur
Migration
Caribbean Area > Social life and customs.
Caraïbes (Région) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Caribbean Area.
English-speaking countries.
Karibik
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Examines the literature of black Caribbean emigrant and island women including Dorothea Smartt, Edwidge Danticat, Paule Marshall, and others, who use the terminology and imagery of "sucking salt" as an articulation of a New World voice connoting adaptation, improvisation, and creativity, offering a new understanding of diaspora, literature, and feminism"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 225 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index.
ISBN:9780826265210
0826265219

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