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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Shaw Nevins, Andrea, 1965- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Literature and history > Caribbean Area > History.
Literature and society > Caribbean Area > History.
Religion and literature > Caribbean Area > History.
Magic in literature.
Fantastic, The, in art.
Fantastic, The, in literature.
Caribbean literature (English) > History and criticism.
Caribbean Area > Intellectual life.
Caribbean Area > Social life and customs.
Caribbean Area > Civilization.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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