Critical perspectives on conflict in Caribbean societies of the late 20th and early 21st centuries / edited by Patricia Donatien and Rodolphe Solbiac.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Donatien, Patricia, editor.

Solbiac, Rodolphe, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Caribbean literature.

Caribbean literature--21st century--History and criticism.

Art and social conflict--West Indies.

Art and social conflict.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Critical Perspectives on Conflict in Caribbean Societies of the Late 20th and Early 21st Centuries intervenes to enrich existing scholarship on postcolonial Caribbean literature and art. Using interdisciplinary, cultural studies and Caribbean cultural studies methodologies, in addition to more classical literary readings of works, this book adopts a fresh approach to conflict, bringing a variety of new perspectives to the analysis of conflict dynamics in the Caribbean.Focusing on issues of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, as well as on contemporary representation and analysis of conflic

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Of Naked Body and Beheaded Statue: Performing Conflicting Historyin Fort-de-France

Birthing Chaos

L'inscription de la poétique du chancellement dans l'oeuvre d'EdwidgeDanticat

Guadeloupe's Ka-ribbean Bodies in Conflict

La dynamique des conflits de langues en Caraïbe

"The Business of Becoming a People"

Beyond Conflicting Belongings

When Art Rethinks the Conflicts

Presentation of the Artists

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8247-X

OCLC:

921235598