Title Clear word and third sight : folk groundings and diasporic consciousness in African Caribbean writing / Catherine A. John

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 241 pages) Series New Americanists New Americanists. Contents Introduction: Alternate consciousness in the diaspora -- Paris in 1956: negritude and cultural discourse -- Colonial legacies, gender identity, and black female writing in the diaspora -- Negritude and negativity: alienation and voice in Eastern Caribbean literature -- Diaspora philosophy, French Caribbean literature, and Simone Schwarz-Bart's Pluie et vent sur Telumee Miracle -- The spoken word and spirit consciousness: Audre Lorde and Paule Marshall's diasporic voice Summary An exploration of the implicit and explicit ways that an alternate African diasporic consciousness, grounded in folk mores, is expressed in Afro-Caribbean writing Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-235) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL In English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Caribbean literature (English) -- Black authors -- History and criticism Caribbean literature (French) -- Black authors -- History and criticism Caribbean literature (French) -- African influences Caribbean literature (English) -- African influences African literature -- Appreciation -- Caribbean Area Literature and folklore -- Caribbean Area Folklore -- Caribbean Area. Folklore in literature. Black people in literature LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African literature -- Appreciation. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Caribbean & Latin American. Caribbean literature (English) -- African influences. Caribbean literature (French) -- Black authors. Folklore. Folklore in literature. Intellectual life. Literature and folklore. Engels. Black people in literature. Frans. Letterkunde. Identiteit. Vrouwen. SUBJECT Caribbean Area -- Intellectual life Subject Caribbean Area. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822385097 0822385090

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