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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806117503321

Autore

King Nicole

Titolo

C.L.R. James and creolization [[electronic resource] ] : circles of influence / / Nicole King

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2001

ISBN

1-283-19336-1

9786613193360

1-60473-601-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Disciplina

813/.52

Soggetti

Cultural pluralism in literature

Intercultural communication in literature

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

Cultural relations in literature

Black people in literature

Trinidad and Tobago In literature

Caribbean Area In literature

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 (p. 153-163) and index.

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