Caribbean Romances: The Politics of Regional Representation (New World Studies),

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Publisher
University of Virginia Press
ISBN-10
0813918227
ISBN-13
9780813918228
eBay Product ID (ePID)
590568

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Caribbean Romances : the Politics of Regional Representation
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Caribbean & Latin American, General, Popular Culture, World / Caribbean & Latin American, Customs & Traditions, Caribbean & West Indies / General
Type
Textbook
Author
Belinda Edmondson
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Political Science, Social Science, History
Series
New World Studies
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
98-026770
Dewey Edition
21
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This collection offers perhaps the first systematic critique -- and deconstruction -- of some of the central categories in postcolonial theory in general and Caribbean cultural and literary studies in particular. The contributors, by writing on English, French, and Spanish speaking Caribbean countries, succeed in overcoming one of the major handles in the study of the literatures and cultures of the region -- the barriers set up by colonial languages. This book brings a fresh perspective to Caribbean studies and takes its popular culture beyond tourist art., This collection offers perhaps the first systematic critique--and deconstruction--of some of the central categories in postcolonial theory in general and Caribbean cultural and literary studies in particular. The contributors, by writing on English, French, and Spanish speaking Caribbean countries, succeed in overcoming one of the major handles in the study of the literatures and cultures of the region--the barriers set up by colonial languages. This book brings a fresh perspective to Caribbean studies and takes its popular culture beyond tourist art., This collection offers perhaps the first systematic critique--and deconstruction--of some of the central categories in postcolonial theory in general and Caribbean cultural and literary studies in particular. The contributors, by writing on English, French, and Spanish speaking Caribbean countries, succeed in overcoming one of the major handles in the study of the literatures and cultures of the region--the barriers set up by colonial languages. This book brings a fresh perspective to Caribbean studies and takes its popular culture beyond tourist art. -- Simon Gikandi, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
972.9
Synopsis
Examines the ways in which the ""romance"" trope is employed within contemporary Caribbean popular culture and literature to idealize the newly independent postcolonial societies of the region. These essays situate this discourse of idealization within its historical and cultural contexts., This interdisciplinary volume on postcolonial Caribbean culture brings together ten essays by exciting young scholars who challenge some of the established assumptions of postcolonial studies. The contributors look at ways in which the "romance" trope is employed within contemporary Caribbean popular culture and literature to idealize the newly independent, postcolonial societies of the region. The essays situate this discourse of idealization in its historical and cultural contexts and reveal how it is a reinvention of the old romance initially constructed in the imperial imagination of Europe and America.
LC Classification Number
F2169.C368 1999

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