Exhibiting slavery : the Caribbean postmodern novel as museum / / Vivian Nun Halloran

• Autore: Halloran Vivian Nun <1971->
• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.3/009729
• Soggetto topico: Caribbean fiction - 20th century - History and criticism; Slavery in literature; Archives in literature; Slavery - Caribbean Area - History; Caribbean fiction (English) - History and criticism; Caribbean fiction (French) - History and criticism; Caribbean fiction (Spanish) - History and criticism; Postmodernism (Literature) - Caribbean Area
• Soggetto geografico: Caribbean Area In literature
• Note generali: "American Literatures Initiative"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Exhibiting slavery
• ISBN: 1-280-49051-9; 9786613585745; 0-8139-2868-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819004203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New World studies.