Clear word and third sight : folk groundings and diasporic consciousness in African Caribbean writing / Catherine A. John.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

John, Catherine A., 1967-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

New Americanists.

New Americanists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean literature (English)--Black authors--History and criticism.

Caribbean literature (English).

Caribbean literature (French)--Black authors--History and criticism.

Caribbean literature (French).

Caribbean literature (English)--African influences.

Caribbean literature (French)--African influences.

African literature--Appreciation--Caribben Area.

African literature.

Literature and folklore--Caribbean Area.

Literature and folklore.

Folklore--Caribbean Area.

Folklore.

Folklore in literature.

Black people in literature.

Caribbean Area--Intellectual life.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An exploration of the implicit and explicit ways that an alternate African diasporic consciousness, grounded in folk mores, is expressed in Afro-Caribbean writing.

Contents:

Introduction: Alternate Consciousness in the Diaspora

1. Paris in 1956: Negritude and Cultural Discourse

2. Colonial Legacies, Gender Identity, and Black Female Writing in the Diaspora

3. Negritude and Negativity: Alienation and Voice in Eastern Caribbean Literature

4. Diaspora Philosophy, French Caribbean Literature, and Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Telumee Miracle

5. The Spoken Word and Spirit Consciousness: Audre Lorde and Paule Marshall's Diasporic Voice.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index.

ISBN:

9786613064738

9781283064736

1283064731

9780822385097

0822385090

OCLC:

191222162