C.L.R. James and creolization [electronic resource] : circles of influence / Nicole King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Nicole.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural pluralism in literature.

Intercultural communication in literature.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Cultural relations in literature.

Black people in literature.

Trinidad and Tobago--In literature.

Trinidad and Tobago.

Caribbean Area--In literature.

Caribbean Area.

James, C. L. R. (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989--Criticism and interpretation.

James, C. L. R.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Cyril Lionel Robert James and creolization

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

C. L. R. James (1901-1989), one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century, expressed his postcolonial and socialist philosophies in fiction, speeches, essays, and book-length scholarly discourses. However, the majority of academic attention given to James keeps the diverse mediums of James's writing separate, focuses on his work as a political theorist, and subordinates his role as a fiction writer. This book, however, seeks to change such an approach to studying James. Defining creolization as a process by which European, African, Amerindian, Asian, and American cultures ar

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; Mapping Creolization; Double or Nothing: The Two Black Jacobins; Framing Community: Minty Alley, La Rue Cases Negres, and Class Consciousness; Factions and Fictions: Considerations of the ""Negro Question""; Family Matters: Nation, Federation, Integration; Metaphors of Nationalism: Music, Sport, and Racial Representation; Coda; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-163) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-19336-1

9786613193360

1-60473-601-1

OCLC:

746747204