The Caribbean Novel since 1945 : Cultural Practice, Form, and the Nation-State /

The Caribbean Novel Since 1945 offers a comparative analysis of fiction from across the pan-Caribbean, exploring the relationship between literary form, cultural practice, and the nation-state. Engaging with the historical and political impact of capitalist imperialism, decolonization, class struggl...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Niblett, Michael
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Postmodernism (Literature)
Civilization.
Caribbean fiction.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Caribbean & Latin American.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Postmodernisme (Litterature)
Roman antillais > Histoire et critique.
Caribbean fiction > History and criticism.
Caribbean Area.
Caribbean Area > Civilization.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Cultural practice, creolization, and the nation-state
  • The promise of national independence: Modernity, allegory, and sacrifice
  • "The people living a life every man for himself": Problems in the postindependence body (politic)
  • Literary deliriums: Cultural expression, commodity fetishism and the search for community
  • From breakdown to rebirth: Ritual reconfigurations of the Nation-state
  • "No pain like this body": Race, gender, and sexuality in a time of crisis.

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