Exile and post-1946 Haitian literature : Alexis, Depestre, Ollivier, Laferrière, Danticat / / Martin Munro [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Munro Martin
• Pubblicazione: Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 840.99729409045
• Soggetto topico: Haitian literature - 20th century - History and criticism
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Inhabiting Haiti -- 1. Jacques-Stephen Alexis: Janus in Limbo: Urbanization, Exoticism, and Creolization -- 2. René Depestre: Internal Exiles and Exotic Longings -- 3. Émile Ollivier: Passing Through -- 4. Dany Laferrière: Master of the New -- 5. Edwidge Danticat: Home Is Where the Hurt Is -- Conclusion: The Missing People: Theorizing Haitian and Caribbean Exiles.
• Sommario/riassunto: Exile and Post-1946 Haitian Literature reinterprets and analyses post-1946 Haitian writing as a literature of exile. It moves between texts that have emerged out of different places and different times, and outlines generational shifts and changes in Haitian exiled writing. The breadth and scope of this book will attract scholars and students with interests in fields such as Caribbean studies, postcolonial studies, francophone studies, migration studies, and African℗-American studies.
• Altri titoli varianti: Exile & Post-1946 Haitian Literature
• Titolo autorizzato: Exile and post-1946 Haitian literature
• ISBN: 1-78138-649-8; 1-84631-308-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782580603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary French and francophone cultures ; ; 7.