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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Niblett, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 struggle, ethnic conflict, and gender relations, it considers the ways in which Caribbean authors have sought to rethink and re-narrate the traumatic past and often problematic 'postcolonial' present of the region's peoples. It pays particular attention to the role cultural practices such as stickfighting.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9781617032486

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