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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463396503321

Autore

Maisier Véronique

Titolo

Violence in Caribbean literature : stories of stones and blood / / Véronique Maisier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-7391-9713-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (171 p.)

Collana

After the empire: the Francophone world and postcolonial France

Disciplina

813.009/9729

Soggetti

Caribbean fiction (English) - History and criticism

Caribbean fiction (French) - History and criticism

Violence in literature

Literature and society - Caribbean Area

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Readings across the Caribbean; Notes; 1 The Violence of History; A Jagged Trajectory; A Shattered Identity; Ricochets; Historical Fictions; Rewritings; Notes; 2 An Education in Violence; Schools for the Few; Cultural Stakes; Stone, Crime, and Punishment; Subjects and Subject Matters; Postcolonial Curriculums; Notes; 3 Gendered Violence; Stalemates; Death of a Teacher; Matadoras; Notes; 4 The Politics of Violence; From Dreams to Stones; Beginnings; The "Julot-Effect"; Caribbean Political Realities; Notes; 5 Violent Dreams; Who are the Savages?; Literary Echoes

RuinationNotes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This book uses the scene of the throwing of a stone found in five Caribbean novels as a starting point to an examination of the turmoil of history in the Caribbean, the colonial education imposed on native populations, the gendered relations that exist today in the region, and the psychological impact of colonization on Caribbean minds. </span></span>