LEADER 04545oam 2200757I 450 001 9910973718703321 005 20251117071420.0 010 $a1-317-33128-1 010 $a1-315-65851-8 010 $a1-317-33127-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315658513 035 $a(CKB)3710000000615654 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001628685 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16370695 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001628685 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14854169 035 $a(PQKB)11018640 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16243898 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14854034 035 $a(PQKB)24823326 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4443452 035 $a(OCoLC)932109987 035 $a(PPN)19944207X 035 $a(BIP)63344770 035 $a(BIP)53538553 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000615654 100 $a20180706d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTransnational narratives from the Caribbean $ediasporic literature and the human experience /$fElvira Pulitano 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York ;$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (253 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-138-99877-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Diasporic homelands -- pt. 2. Uprooting, migrancy, regrounding : re-writing exile -- pt. 3. Paradise islands, wild nature, and the contemporary tourist gaze : re/locating the Caribbean. 330 $aThis book offers a timely intervention in current debates on diaspora and diasporic identity by affirming the importance of narrative as a discursive mode to understand the human face of contemporary migrations and dislocations. Focusing on the Caribbean double-diaspora, Pulitano offers a close-reading of a range of popular works by four well-known writers currently living in the United States: Jamaica Kincaid, Michelle Cliff, Edwidge Danticat, and Caryl Phillips. Navigating the map of fictional characters, testimonial accounts, and autobiographical experiences, Pulitano draws attention to the lived experience of contemporary diasporic formations. The book offers a provocative re-thinking of socio-scientific analyses of diaspora by discussing the embodied experience of contemporary diasporic communities, drawing on disciplines such as Caribbean, Postcolonial, Diaspora, and Indigenous Studies along with theories on "border thinking" and coloniality/modernity. Contesting restrictive, national, and linguistic boundaries when discussing literature originating from the Caribbean, Pulitano situates the transnational location of Caribbean-born writers within current debates of Transnational American Studies and investigates the role of immigrant writers in discourses of race, ethnicity, citizenship, and belonging. Exploring the multifarious intersections between home, exile, migration and displacement, the book makes a significant contribution to memory and trauma studies, human rights debates, and international law, aiming at a wide range of scholars and specialized agents beyond the strictly literary circle. This volume affirms the humanity of personal stories and experiences against the invisibility of immigrant subjects in most theoretical accounts of diaspora and migration. 410 0$aRoutledge interdisciplinary perspectives on literature. 606 $aCaribbean literature (English)$xBlack authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAfrican diaspora in literature 606 $aTransnationalism in literature 606 $aRace in literature 606 $aExiles in literature 607 $aCaribbean Area$xIn literature 615 0$aCaribbean literature (English)$xBlack authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAfrican American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAfrican diaspora in literature. 615 0$aTransnationalism in literature. 615 0$aRace in literature. 615 0$aExiles in literature. 676 $a810.9/8960729 676 $a810.98960729 700 $aPulitano$b Elvira$f1970-,$01105666 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910973718703321 996 $aTransnational narratives from the Caribbean$94473812 997 $aUNINA