Situating Caribbean literature and criticism in multicultural and postcolonial studies / Seodial Frank H. Deena.

Author/creator Deena, Seodial F. H., 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Peter Lang, ©2009.
Description158 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Caribbean literature--21st century. --History and criticism.

SeriesCaribbean studies, 1098-4186 ; v. 11
Caribbean studies (Peter Lang Publishing) ; v. 11. ^A686421
Contents A critical overview of Caribbean literature -- Synonymy of multiculturalism and postcolonialism through globalization -- Centrality of Caribbean literature depicting postcolonial and multicultural preoccupations. Finding a place to call home in the mother country ; The significance of the 'tenement yard' in Caribbean nationalism as reflected in Caribbean literature -- Multicultural and postcolonial interpretations of Caribbean literature and its environment -- Colonialism and capitalism : Biblical allusion of the corrupting force of money in selected Caribbean literature. Color complication and confrontation in Caribbean culture as depicted in Trevor Rhone's Old story time -- Disorder and mimicry through colonial apparatuses in V.S. Naipaul's The mimic men -- Colonial alienation producing madness in Jean Rhys' Wild Sargasso Sea.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [145]-153) and index.
LCCN 2008006211
ISBN9780820462226 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0820462225 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN 849.C3 D43 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold