Violence in Caribbean literature : stories of stones and blood / / Véronique Maisier

• Autore: Maisier Véronique
• Pubblicazione: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
• Disciplina: 813.009/9729
• Soggetto topico: Caribbean fiction (English) - History and criticism; Caribbean fiction (French) - History and criticism; Violence in literature; Literature and society - Caribbean Area
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Readings across the Caribbean; Notes; 1 The Violence of History; A Jagged Trajectory; A Shattered Identity; Ricochets; Historical Fictions; Rewritings; Notes; 2 An Education in Violence; Schools for the Few; Cultural Stakes; Stone, Crime, and Punishment; Subjects and Subject Matters; Postcolonial Curriculums; Notes; 3 Gendered Violence; Stalemates; Death of a Teacher; Matadoras; Notes; 4 The Politics of Violence; From Dreams to Stones; Beginnings; The "Julot-Effect"; Caribbean Political Realities; Notes; 5 Violent Dreams; Who are the Savages?; Literary Echoes ; RuinationNotes; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: <span><span>This book uses the scene of the throwing of a stone found in five Caribbean novels as a starting point to an examination of the turmoil of history in the Caribbean, the colonial education imposed on native populations, the gendered relations that exist today in the region, and the psychological impact of colonization on Caribbean minds. </span></span>
• Titolo autorizzato: Violence in Caribbean literature
• ISBN: 0-7391-9713-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810452603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: After the empire.