| Race, Culture, and Identity: Francophone West African and Caribbean Literature and Theory from NZgritude to CrZolitZ Contributor(s): Lewis, Shireen K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739114735 ISBN-13: 9780739114735 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $52.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: In this groundbreaking book, Shireen Lewis gives a comprehensive analysis of the literary and theoretical discourse on race, culture, and identity by Francophone and Caribbean writers beginning in the early part of the twentieth century and continuing into the dawn of the new millennium. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable |
| Dewey: 840.997 |
| LCCN: 2005936249 |
| Series: Caribbean Studies (Lexington Books) |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.33" W x 8.94" (0.64 lbs) 188 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this groundbreaking book, Shireen Lewis gives a comprehensive analysis of the literary and theoretical discourse on race, culture, and identity by Francophone and Caribbean writers beginning in the early part of the twentieth century and continuing into the dawn of the new millennium. Examining the works of Patrick Chamoiseau, Rapha l Confiant, Aim C saire, L opold Senghor, L on Damas, and Paulette Nardal, Lewis traces a move away from the preoccupation with African origins and racial and cultural purity, toward concerns of hybridity and fragmentation in the New World or Diasporic space. In addition to exploring how this shift parallels the larger debate around modernism and postmodernism, Lewis makes a significant contribution by arguing for the inclusion of Martinican intellectual Paulette Nardal, and other women into the canon as significant contributors to the birth of modern black Francophone literature. |