Theorizing Glissant : sites and citations / edited by John E. Drabinski and Marisa Parham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Drabinski, John E., 1968- editor.

Parham, Marisa, editor.

Series:

Creolizing the canon.

Creolizing the canon

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glissant, Édouard, 1928-2011--Criticism and interpretation.

Glissant, Édouard.

Creoles in literature.

West Indies, French--In literature.

West Indies, French.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>This edited collection gathers together leading commentators on the work of Édouard Glissant in order to theorize the philosophical significance of his work.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Glissant's Opacité and the Re-Conceptualization of Identity; 2 In Citation to the Chance; 3 Glissant's Existential Ontology of Difference; 4 Toward a Sexual Difference Theory of Creolization; 5 The Ripening's Epic Realism and the Martinican Tragic Unfulfilled Political Emancipation; 6 Breadfruit, Time and Again; 7 Aesthetics and the Abyss; Marronage between Past and Future; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78348-409-8