The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World ContextUniversity of Virginia Press, 1998 - 197 páginas A wide-ranging work that explores two centuries of Caribbean literature from a comparative perspective. While haunted by the need to establish cultural difference and authenticity, Caribbean thought is inherently modernist in its recognition of the interplay between cultures, brought about by centuries of contact, domination, and consent. |
Contenido
Tropes and Tropicality | 21 |
Toward a Caribbean | 61 |
The Novel | 82 |
Parody and the Postmodern | 107 |
Another Caribbean | 134 |
View of Twilight in the Tropics | 159 |
Notes | 165 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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