The Caribbean novel since 1945 : cultural practice, form, and the nation-state / Michael Niblett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niblett, Michael.

Series:

Caribbean studies series.

Caribbean studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean fiction--History and criticism.

Caribbean fiction.

Postmodernism in literature.

Caribbean Area--Civilization.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson, [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Niblett offers a comparative analysis of fiction from across the pan-Caribbean, exploring the relationship between literary form, cultural practice, and the nation-state. Engaging with the historical and political impact of capitalist imperialism, decolonisation, class struggle, ethnic conflict, and gender relations, he considers the ways in which Caribbean authors have sought to rethink and re-narrate the traumatic past and often problematic 'post-colonial' present of the region's peoples.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cultural Practice, Creolization, and the Nation-State; 1. The Promise of National Independence: Modernity, Allegory, and Sacrifice; 2. "The people living a life every man for himself": Problems in the Postindependence Body (Politic); 3. Literary Deliriums: Cultural Expression, Commodity Fetishism, and the Search for Community; 4. From Breakdown to Rebirth: Ritual Reconfigurations of the Nation-State; 5. "No Pain like This Body": Race, Gender, and Sexuality in a Time of Crisis; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N

OP; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-69158-1

9786613668523

1-61703-248-4

OCLC:

795124223