03348nam 2200793 a 450 991081900420332120240418044720.01-280-49051-997866135857450-8139-2868-0(CKB)2550000000047951(OCoLC)753976360(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495626(SSID)ssj0000631197(PQKBManifestationID)11374028(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631197(PQKBWorkID)10592092(PQKB)10734502(MiAaPQ)EBC3443991(MdBmJHUP)muse6621(Au-PeEL)EBL3443991(CaPaEBR)ebr10495626(CaONFJC)MIL358574(EXLCZ)99255000000004795120090610d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrExhibiting slavery the Caribbean postmodern novel as museum /Vivian Nun Halloran1st ed.Charlottesville University of Virginia Press20091 online resource (225 p.) New World studies"American Literatures Initiative"--T.p. verso.0-8139-2866-4 0-8139-2865-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Translations -- Introduction: Novels as Museums in a Postmodern Age -- Chapter 1: Books as National (Literary) History Museums -- Chapter 2: Art Museums: Visual (Inter)Texts -- Chapter 3: Ethnographic Museums: The Literary Diorama -- Chapter 4: Between Plantation and Living History Museum -- Chapter 5: World Heritage Sites: The Fortress -- Chapter 6: Mourning Museums: Diasporic Practices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.The self-referential function of these texts produces a "museum effectthat simultaneously teaches and entertains their readers, prompting them to continue their own research beyond and outside the text.New World studies.Caribbean fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismSlavery in literatureArchives in literatureSlaveryCaribbean AreaHistorySourcesCaribbean fiction (English)History and criticismCaribbean fiction (French)History and criticismCaribbean fiction (Spanish)History and criticismPostmodernism (Literature)Caribbean AreaCaribbean AreaIn literatureCaribbean fictionHistory and criticism.Slavery in literature.Archives in literature.SlaveryHistoryCaribbean fiction (English)History and criticism.Caribbean fiction (French)History and criticism.Caribbean fiction (Spanish)History and criticism.Postmodernism (Literature)809.3/009729Halloran Vivian Nun1971-1661067American Literatures Initiative.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819004203321Exhibiting slavery4016757UNINA