Quince Duncan : Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Caribbean Identity / / Dorothy E. Mosby
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| Autore: |
Mosby Dorothy E. <1970->
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| Titolo: |
Quince Duncan : Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Caribbean Identity / / Dorothy E. Mosby
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : University of Alabama Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (213 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 863/.64 |
| Soggetto topico: | Costa Rican literature - Black authors - History and criticism |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Short fiction -- Novels of identity: Hombres curtidos and Los Cuatro espejos -- Novels of Samamfo: La Paz del pueblo, Kimbo, and A Message from Rosa -- Dismantling the myths: Final de calle and El trepasolo. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Quince Duncan is a comprehensive study of the published short stories and novels of Costa Rica's first novelist of African descent and one of the nation's most esteemed contemporary writers. The grandson of Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants to Limón, Quince Duncan (b. 1940) incorporates personal memories into stories about first generation Afro-West Indian immigrants and their descendants in Costa Rica. Duncan's novels, short stories, recompilations of oral literature, and essays intimately convey the challenges of Afro-West Indian contract laborers and the st |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Quince Duncan |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8722-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818418703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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