Omens of adversity: tragedy, time, memory, justice / David Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grenada--History--American Invasion, 1983.

Grenada.

Grenada--Politics and government--1974-1983.

New Jewel Movement (Grenada).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Omens of Adversity is a profound critique of the experience of postcolonial, postsocialist temporality. The case study at its core is the demise of the Grenada Revolution (1979-1983), and the repercussions of its collapse. In the Anglophone Caribbean, the Grenada Revolution represented both the possibility of a break from colonial and neocolonial oppression, and hope for egalitarian change and social and political justice. The Revolution's collapse in 1983 was devastating to a revolutionary generation. In hindsight, its demise signaled the end of an era of revolutionary socialist possibility.

Contents:

Contents; Prologue: Aftermaths; Part I. Tragedy, Time; Chapter 1. Revolution's Tragic Ends: Temporal Dimensions of Political Action; Chapter 2. Stranded in the Present: The Ruins of Time; Part II. Memory, Justice; Chapter 3. Generations of Memory: The Work of Mourning; Chapter 4. Evading Truths: The Rhetoric of Transitional Justice; Epilogue: The Temporality of Forgiving; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Okt 2020)

ISBN:

9780822377023

0822377020

OCLC:

868277976