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Title Critical perspectives on Caribbean literature and culture / edited by Dorsía Smith, Tatiana Tagirova, and Suzanna Engman
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 228 pages)
Contents Section I. Negotiating borders : women, sexuality, and identity -- section II. Creating spaces of Caribbean artistic expression : multiple representations -- section III. Deconstructing the diaspora : Caribbean writers as political activists
Summary Critical Perspectives on Caribbean Literature and Culture is a collection of a dozen essays by Caribbean scholars living in the Caribbean and around the world. Each of the three sections of the book explores the Caribbean as a diasporic space through the lenses of literary and cultural systems. "Negotiating Borders: Women, Sexuality, and Identity" examines the creolized identities of Caribbean societies, gender roles of women, impact of sexual tourism, and censorship of Latino gays and lesbia ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Caribbean literature -- History and criticism
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
Caribbean literature
Civilization
Intellectual life
SUBJECT Caribbean Area -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85020280
Caribbean Area -- Intellectual life
Subject Caribbean Area
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Silva, Dorsía Smith
Tagirova, Tatiana
Engman, Suzanna
LC no. 2011487003
ISBN 9781443827645
1443827649
1283142198
9781283142199
9786613142191
6613142190