Buch, Englisch, Band 113, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reihe: Cross/Cultures
An Examination of Contemporary Caribbean and Sri Lankan Writing
Buch, Englisch, Band 113, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reihe: Cross/Cultures
ISBN: 978-90-420-2696-4
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi
Island Paradise: The Myth investigates how these entrenched notions of paradise, which islands have traditionally represented metonymically, are contested in the works of four postcolonial authors: Jamaica Kincaid, Lawrence Scott, Romesh Gunesekera, and Jean Arasanayagam, from the island nations of the Caribbean and Sri Lanka. It analyzes texts which focus on gardens, island space, and houses to examine how these motifs are used to re-vision colonial/contested sites. This book examines the relationship between landscape and identity and, with reference to Homi K. Bhabha, considers how these writers offer an alternative space for negotiating the ambivalence of hybridity.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Islands and the Paradise Myth
Gardening and Conquest: Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place, My Garden (book):, and Among Flowers
Islands and Self-Discovery: Romesh Gunesekera’s Reef and Heaven’s Edge
The Garden as England’s ‘Islanded Self’: Jean Arasanayagam’s Colonizer/Colonized, “I Will Lift up Mine Eyes,” “The Witness,” and “The Garden Party”
Empire and the House: Lawrence Scott’s Witchbroom, Romesh Gunesekera’s The Sandglass, and Jean Arasanayagam’s “Time the Destroyer”
Conclusion
Works Cited
Index