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Kullberg Christina <1973-> |
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Titolo |
Points of Entanglement in French Caribbean Travel Writing (1620-1722) / / by Christina Kullberg |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
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[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (255 pages) |
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Collana |
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Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700, , 2634-5900 |
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Soggetti |
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European literature—Renaissance, 1450-1600 |
Latin American literature |
European literature |
Imperialism |
France—History |
Early Modern and Renaissance Literature |
Latin American/Caribbean Literature |
European Literature |
Imperialism and Colonialism |
History of France |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Archipelagos -- 3. Constructing the Self between Worlds -- 4. Other tongues -- 5. Conclusion...or Alternative Beginnings. . |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This open-access book investigates Francophone Caribbean literature by exploring and analyzing French seventeenth-century travel writings. The book argues for a literary re-examination of the representation of the early colonial Caribbean by proposing theoretical linkages to contemporary Caribbean theories of creolization and archipelagic thinking. Using Édouard Glissant’s notion of points of entanglement, Christina Kullberg claims that the historical, social, and political messiness of the Caribbean seventeenth century make for complex representations and expressions, generating textual instability despite the travelers’ apparent desires to domesticate the islands. Taking a |
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