| Postcolonial Paradoxes in French Caribbean Writing: Césaire, Glissant, Condé Contributor(s): Suk, Jeannie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198160186 ISBN-13: 9780198160182 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $218.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: This book is the first major study of French Caribbean literature in light of postcoloniality. Through readings of Aime Cesaire, Edouard Glissant, Maryse Conde, Baudelaire, Freud, and others, Jeannie Suk illuminates how debates about negritude, antillanite, and creolite contribute to paradoxes at the heart of postcolonial modes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 840.997 |
| LCCN: 2001270342 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.93 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the first major study of French Caribbean literature in light of postcoloniality. Through readings of Aimé Césaire, Edouard Glissant, Maryse Condé, Baudelaire, Freud, and others, Jeannie Suk illuminates how debates about négritude, antillanité, and creolité contribute to paradoxes at the heart of postcolonial modes. |