Braziel Caribbean Genesis

Jamaica Kincaid and the Writing of New Worlds
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7723-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 245 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Philosophical exploration of Jamaica Kincaid’s entire literary oeuvre.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Braziel, Jana Evans

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Romanische Literaturen Lateinamerikanische Literaturen, Spanische Literatur außerhalb Europas

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Caribbean Genesis, Alterbiography, and the Writing of New Worlds

1. Alterrainsof "Blackness" in At the Bottom of the River
2. Jablesse, Obeah, and Caribbean Cosmogonies in At the Bottom of the River

3. The Diabolic as Diasporic in Annie John and Lucy

4. Genre, Genealogy, and Genocide in The Autobiography of My Mother

5. Death and the Biographical Autograph in My Brother

6. Genre, Genealogy, and Genesis in Mr. Potter

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jana Evans Braziel is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Cincinnati and author of Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian Diaspora.