Multimodality in Canadian black feminist writing : orality and the body in the work of Harris, Philip, Allen, and Brand /

This book develops a theory of multimodality – the participation of a text in more than one mode – centred on the poetry/poetics of Lillian Allen, Claire Harris, Dionne Brand, and Marlene Nourbese Philip. How do these poets represent oral Caribbean English Creoles (CECs) in writing and negotiate the...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Casas, Maria Caridad
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009.
Collection:Cross/cultures ; 112.
Sujets:
Harris, Claire, > 1937- > Criticism and interpretation.
Philip, Marlene Nourbese, > 1947- > Criticism and interpretation.
Allen, Lillian, > 1951- > Criticism and interpretation.
Brand, Dionne, > 1953- > Criticism and interpretation.
Allen, Lillian, > 1951-
Brand, Dionne, > 1953-
Harris, Claire, > 1937-
Philip, Marlene Nourbese, > 1947-
Women authors, Black > Canada > History and criticism.
Canadian literature > Black authors > History and criticism.
Écrivaines noires > Canada > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Canadian literature > Black authors
Women authors, Black
Canada
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Writing Creole in the Caribbean diaspora
  • Four Canadian writers and their works
  • Orality, literacy, and the Derridean sign
  • Spelling choices and linguistic mistakes
  • A sign theory
  • code-switching, projection, and mode
  • Mode and non-standard spellings
  • Embodied signs of identity
  • Concluding thoughts.

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