LEADER 03511nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910820200803321 005 20240418084233.0 010 $a0-8262-6521-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467099 035 $a(OCoLC)191953067 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10155112 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000253441 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11200345 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000253441 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10187118 035 $a(PQKB)10401416 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570907 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570907 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10155112 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467099 100 $a20060419d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSucking salt$b[electronic resource] $eCaribbean women writers, migration, and survival /$fMeredith M. Gadsby 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8262-1665-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 195-209) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : little salt won't kill you -- The salience of memory : the cultural and historical significance of salt in the Caribbean -- "It sweeter than meat!" : saltfish, sexual politics, and the Caribbean oral imagination -- Harvesting salt : Caribbean women writers in England and the philosophy of survival -- I suck coarse salt : Caribbean women writers in Canada--language, location, and the politics of transcendence -- Refugees of a world on fire : kitchen place and refugee space in the poetics of Paule Marshall and Edwidge Danticat. 330 $a"Examines the literature of black Caribbean emigrant and island women including Dorothea Smartt, Edwidge Danticat, Paule Marshall, and others, who use the terminology and imagery of "sucking salt" as an articulation of a New World voice connoting adaptation, improvisation, and creativity, offering a new understanding of diaspora, literature, and feminism"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xCaribbean American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCanadian literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen authors, Caribbean$zEnglish-speaking countries 606 $aMinority women in literature 606 $aEthnicity in literature 606 $aCulture in literature 606 $aNational characteristics, Caribbean 607 $aCaribbean Area$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aAmerican literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xCaribbean American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCanadian literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen authors, Caribbean 615 0$aMinority women in literature. 615 0$aEthnicity in literature. 615 0$aCulture in literature. 615 0$aNational characteristics, Caribbean. 676 $a810.9/9287097291 700 $aGadsby$b Meredith$01603786 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820200803321 996 $aSucking salt$93928315 997 $aUNINA