Place, language, and identity in Afro-Costa Rican literature / Dorothy E. Mosby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mosby, Dorothy E., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bernard, Eulalia--Criticism and interpretation.

Bernard, Eulalia.

Duncan, Quince, 1940---Criticism and interpretation.

Duncan, Quince.

Campbell Barr, Shirley, 1965---Criticism and interpretation.

Campbell Barr, Shirley.

Macdonald Woolery, Delia, 1965---Criticism and interpretation.

Macdonald Woolery, Delia.

Costa Rican literature--Black authors--History and criticism.

Costa Rican literature.

Costa Rican literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Black people in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"With the current growth of interest in Afro-Hispanic and Afro-Latin American cultural and literary studies, this book will be essential for courses in Latin American and Caribbean literature, comparative studies, diaspora studies, history, cultural studies, and the literature of migration."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents:

Roots and routes : foundations of Black literature in Costa Rica

Negotiating home : the poetry of Eulalia Bernard

Quince Duncan and the development of Afro-Costa Rican identity

To be young, gifted, and Black : Shirley Campbell and Delia McDonald.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-246) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6402-6

OCLC:

56416117