Caribbean literature in transition, 1970-2020. Volume 3 / edited by Ronald Cummings, Alison Donnell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cummings, Ronald, editor.

Donnell, Alison, 1966- editor.

Series:

Caribbean literature in transition ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean literature (English)--History and criticism.

Caribbean literature (English).

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

Caribbean literature.

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

Literature and society--Caribbean Area.

Literature and society.

Postcolonialism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 420 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

The period from the 1970s to the present day has produced an extraordinarily rich and diverse body of Caribbean writing that has been widely acclaimed. Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970-2020 traces the region's contemporary writings across the established genres of prose, poetry, fiction and drama into emerging areas of creative non-fiction, memoir and speculative fiction with a particular attention on challenging the narrow canon of Anglophone male writers. It maps shifts and continuities between late twentieth century and early twenty-first century Caribbean literature in terms of innovations in literary form and style, the changing role and place of the writer, and shifts in our understandings of what constitutes the political terrain of the literary and its sites of struggle. Whilst reaching across language divides and multiple diasporas, it shows how contemporary Caribbean Literature has focused its attentions on social complexity and ongoing marginalizations in its continued preoccupations with identity, belonging and freedoms.

Contents:

Introduction / Alison Donnell and Ronald Cummings

Literary and generic transitions. Writing and the responsibility to memory / Tanya L. Shields

Caribbean identities and diversifying the Creole mix / Shivanee Ramlochan

Caribbean literature and popular culture / Emily Zobel Marshall

Women's life-writing / Denise Decaires Narain

Dub aesthetics : body, voice, and breaking the boundaries of the word / Susan Gingell

Urban imaginaries / Christopher Winks

Reimagining Caribbean time and space : speculative fiction / Rebecca Romdhani

Drama and performance / Justine McConnell

Creative non-fiction / Kei Miller

Caribbean children's and young adult's literature / Aisha Takiyah Spencer

Cultural and political transitions. Towards a womanist canon : feminist criticism and publishing / Simone A. James Alexander

Writing of and for the revolution / Alison Donnell and Nalini Mohabir

Social media and online readers / Kelly Baker Josephs

Developing and sustaining literary publics : prizes, festivals, and new writing / Ifeona Fulani

The Caribbean region in transition. The Caribbean and Britain / Sarah Lawson Welsh

The Caribbean and Canada / Camille A. Isaacs

The Caribbean and the United States / Jocelyn Fenton Stitt

The Caribbean and the tourist gaze / Supriya M. Nair

Caribbean subjects in the world / Kezia A. Page

Critical transitions. Visuality in Caribbean literature and visual culture / Marta Fernández Campa

From counter-textuality to intertextuality / Emily L. Taylor

Caribbean eco-poetics / Keja L. Valens

Sexual subjects / Faizal Deen and Ronald Cummings

Caribbean literature and literary studies : past, present, and future / Alison Donnell.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Dec 2020).

ISBN:

9781108597760

1108597769

9781108638197

1108638198

9781108564274

1108564275

OCLC:

1233072889