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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460980103321

Autore

King Nicole

Titolo

C. L. R. James and Creolization [[electronic resource] ] : Circles of Influence

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2007

ISBN

1-283-19336-1

9786613193360

1-60473-601-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

813.52

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; Mapping Creolization; Double or Nothing: The Two Black Jacobins; Framing Community: Minty Alley, La Rue Cases Negres, and Class Consciousness; Factions and Fictions: Considerations of the ""Negro Question""; Family Matters: Nation, Federation, Integration; Metaphors of Nationalism: Music, Sport, and Racial Representation; Coda; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

C. L. R. James (1901-1989), one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century, expressed his postcolonial and socialist philosophies in fiction, speeches, essays, and book-length scholarly discourses. However, the majority of academic attention given to James keeps the diverse mediums of James's writing separate, focuses on his work as a political theorist, and subordinates his role as a fiction writer. This book, however, seeks to change such an approach to studying James. Defining creolization as a process by which European, African, Amerindian, Asian, and American cultures ar