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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786652603321

Titolo

Reimagining the Caribbean : conversations among the Creole, English, French, and Spanish Caribbean / / edited by Valérie Orlando and Sandra Messinger Cypess

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9420-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

After the Empire : The Francophone World and Postcolonial France

Disciplina

972.9

Soggetti

Cultural fusion - Caribbean Area

Cultural pluralism - Caribbean Area

Popular culture - Caribbean Area

Group identity - Caribbean Area

Caribbean Area Civilization

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; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Approaching the Caribbean from a Latin Americanist Perspective; Chapter Two: Teaching the Caribbean across Borders; Chapter Three: Islands without Borders; Chapter Four: Analyzing the Caribbean through the Vehicle of Translation Studies; Chapter Five: Caribbean Drama; Chapter Six: Bitter Sugar; Chapter Seven: "A Hispaniola Conspiracy"; Chapter Eight: Defending Freedom andHuman Rights; Glossary of Selected Terms; Bibliographical Sources and Resources; Index; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

This volume brings together scholars working in different languages-Creole, French, English, Spanish-and modes of cultural production-literature, art, film, music-to suggest how best to model courses that impart the rich, vibrant, and multivalent aspects of the Caribbean in the classroom.