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