The changing face of Afro-Caribbean cultural identity : Negrismo and Négritude / Mamadou Badiane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badiane, Mamadou.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Caribbean literature--Black authors--History and criticism.

Caribbean poetry (Spanish)--History and criticism.

Caribbean poetry (French)--History and criticism.

Caribbean poetry--African influences.

Negritude (Literary movement).

Black people--Race identity--Caribbean Area.

Ethnicity in literature.

Black people--Race identity.

Caribbean poetry.

Caribbean poetry (French).

Caribbean poetry (Spanish).

Caribbean literature--Black authors.

Caribbean literature.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

ix, 187 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2010]

Summary:

The Changing Face of Afro-Caribbean Cultural Identity: Negrismo and N gritude looks primarily at Negrismo and N gritude through the eyes of the poetry of Nicolas Guill n, Manuel del Cabral, and Pal?'s Matos as well as L opold Senghor, L on-Gontran Damas, and Aim C saire. The book shows Caribbean cultural identity as a slippery and fluctuating zone.

Contents:

Searching for identity : the first light of dawn

Caribbean and African cultural labyrinths

Negrismo and Négritude : reflection on two poetics of Caribbean identity

Identity conflicts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739125533

0739125532

9780739140888

0739140884

OCLC:

445480118