Tears of Hispaniola : Haitian and Dominican Diaspora Memory / Lucía M. Suárez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suárez, Lucía M., author.

Series:

New World diasporas series.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haitian literature.

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

Caribbean fiction.

Haitian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Haitian fiction.

Dominican fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Dominican fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ( xiii, 223 pages)

Other Title:

Tears of Hispaniola

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2006.

Summary:

"The Tears of Hispaniola explores the ways in which Haitian and Dominican autobiography and fiction serve as public record - documenting violence, terror, memory, and human rights violations on the island of Hispaniola, home to two nations: Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The book explores the works of four writers - Jean-Robert Cadest, Junot Diaz, Loida Maritza Perez, and Edwidge Danticat - all of whom were born on and subsequently left the island. The author concludes these writers use an autobiographical format as a means of coming to terms with and bringing attention to the larger injustices still occurring on the island."--Jacket.

Contents:

The tears of Hispaniola

Meanings of memory: a literary intervention to confront persistent violence

What happens when memory hurts? The haunting of rape

Exposing invisibility: Drown

Modes of memory: the Restavèk condition and Jean-Robert Cadet's story

Mapping home: inaccessible memories

Present memories.

Notes:

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