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UNINA9910454233903321 |
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Autore |
Arnold A. James |
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Titolo |
A History of Literature in the Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 3: Cross-Cultural Studies |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-16217-9 |
9786612162176 |
90-272-9777-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (417 p.) |
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Collana |
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Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Caribbean literature -- History and criticism |
Literature - General |
Languages & Literatures |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THE CARIBBEAN; Editorial page; Title page; LCC Data; General preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Charting the Caribbean as a Literary Region; Preliminary Approaches; Literary Creoleness and Chaos Theory; Problematics of Literary Historiography; Literature and Popular Culture; Carnival and Carnivalization; Gender and Identity; The Caliban Complex; Genre and Postcoloniality; Cross-Cultural Currents and Conundrums; Index to Names |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Cross-Cultural Studies is the culminating effort of a distinguished team of international scholars who have worked since the mid-1980s to create the most complete analysis of Caribbean literature ever undertaken. Conceived as a major contribution to postcolonial studies, cultural studies, cultural anthropology, and regional studies of the Caribbean and the Americas, Cross-Cultural Studies illuminates the interrelations between and among Europe, the Caribbean islands, Africa, and the American continents from the late fifteenth century to the present. Scholars from five continents |
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