Mapping Hispaniola : third space in Dominican and Haitian literature / Megan Jeanette Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myers, Megan Jeanette, 1988- author.

Series:

New World studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dominican literature--History and criticism.

Dominican literature.

Haitian literature--History and criticism.

Haitian literature.

Hispaniola--In literature.

Hispaniola.

Haiti--In literature.

Haiti.

Dominican Republic--In literature.

Dominican Republic.

Literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 218 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.

Summary:

"Mapping Hispaniola considers how certain literary texts offer an alternative to the dominant and, at times, overexaggerated Dominican anti-Haitian ideology and endeavors to reposition Haiti on the literary map of the Dominican Republic and beyond. From the anti-Haitian rhetoric of the intellectual elites of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo to the writings of Julia Alvarez, Junot Diaz, and others of the Haitian diaspora, Mapping Hispaniola examines the antipodal portrayal of the two nations of Hispaniola by focusing on representations of the Haitian-Dominican dynamic that veer from the dominant history, disrupting and challenging the 'magnification' and repetition of a Dominican anti-Haitian narrative"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Haitian and Dominican third space and the Trujillato (1930-61)

A disappearing act : Marcio Veloz Maggiolo's linea

"Here we are the Haitians" : seeing Haiti from the diaspora

Multiple Haitis.

Notes:

Extensive and substantial revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Vanderbilt University, 2016, titled Re-mapping Hispaniola : Haiti in Dominican and Dominican American literature.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Myers, Megan Jeanette, 1988- author. Mapping Hispaniola

ISBN:

9780813943077

0813943078

9780813943084

0813943086

OCLC:

1090707240