A History of Literature in the Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : Volume 3: Cross-Cultural Studies

• Autore: Arnold A. James
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam/Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Disciplina: 809/.89729
• Soggetto topico: Caribbean literature -- History and criticism; Literature - General; Languages & Literatures
• Persona (resp. second.): DashJ. Michael; Rodriguez-LuisJulio; ArnoldA. James
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: A HISTORY OF LITERATURE IN THE CARIBBEAN; Editorial page; Title page; LCC Data; General preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Charting the Caribbean as a Literary Region; Preliminary Approaches; Literary Creoleness and Chaos Theory; Problematics of Literary Historiography; Literature and Popular Culture; Carnival and Carnivalization; Gender and Identity; The Caliban Complex; Genre and Postcoloniality; Cross-Cultural Currents and Conundrums; Index to Names
• Sommario/riassunto: Cross-Cultural Studies is the culminating effort of a distinguished team of international scholars who have worked since the mid-1980s to create the most complete analysis of Caribbean literature ever undertaken. Conceived as a major contribution to postcolonial studies, cultural studies, cultural anthropology, and regional studies of the Caribbean and the Americas, Cross-Cultural Studies illuminates the interrelations between and among Europe, the Caribbean islands, Africa, and the American continents from the late fifteenth century to the present. Scholars from five continents
• Titolo autorizzato: A History of Literature in the Caribbean
• ISBN: 1-282-16217-9; 9786612162176; 90-272-9777-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809730603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages