E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten
Reihe: New Americanists
John Camara / Catherine A. John / Pease Clear Word and Third Sight
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8509-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Folk Groundings and Diasporic Consciousness in African Caribbean Writing
E-Book, Englisch, 254 Seiten
Reihe: New Americanists
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8509-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
An exploration of the implicit and explicit ways that an alternate African diasporic consciousness, grounded in folk mores, is expressed in Afro-Caribbean writing.
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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: Alternate Consciousness in the Diaspora 1
1 Paris in 1956: Negritude and Cultural Discourse 21
2 Colonial Legacies, Gender Identity, and Black Female Writing in the Diaspora 43
3 Negritude and Negativity: Alienation and "Voice" in Eastern Caribbean Literature 74
4 Diaspora Philosophy, French Caribbean Literature, and Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Telumee Miracle 114
5 The Spoken Word and Spirit Consciousness: Audre Lorde and Paule Marshall's Diasporic Voice 158
Afterword 203
Notes 211
Bibliography 227
Index 237