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05112aam a2200637 i 4500 001 8BCF12E600D511E888826E0497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180124010218 008 161212t20172017msu b s001 0ceng 010 $a 2016035689 020 $a 1496810554 020 $a 9781496810557 035 $a (OCoLC)962552496 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IUL $d OBE $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PQ3940 $b .T46 2017 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a HIS041000 $a BIO007000 $a HIS041000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Thomas, Bonnie, $d 1975- $e author. 245 10 $a Connecting histories : $b Francophone Caribbean writers interrogating their past / $c Bonnie Thomas. 246 30 $a Francophone Caribbean writers interrogating their past 264 1 $a Jackson : $b University Press of Mississippi, $c [2017] 300 $a x, 165 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Caribbean studies series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : history, memory, and trauma in the Francophone Caribbean -- Maryse CondeÌ : filling in the gaps of "herstory" -- GiseÌle Pineau : writing as therapy -- Patrick Chamoiseau : memory, relation, and the Creolized imaginary -- Edwidge Danticat : connecting the political and personal -- Dany LaferrieÌre : "I write as I live" -- Conclusion. 520 $a "A comprehensive introduction to five Caribbean writers and their confrontation with trauma"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The francophone Caribbean boasts a veritable treasure trove of literary gems. Distinguished by innovative, elegant writing and thought-provoking methods of engaging with questions of history and identity, this exciting body of work demands attention. Its authors treat the traumatic legacies of shared and personal histories that pervade the Caribbean experience in striking ways, enunciating a path towards reconciliation and healing. The creation of diverse personal narratives--encompassing autobiography, autofiction, travel writing, and reflective essay--remains characteristic of many Caribbean writers and offers poignant illustrations of the complex interchange between shared and personal pasts and how they affect individual lives. Through their historically informed autobiography, the authors in this study--Maryse CondeÌ, GiseÌle Pineau, Patrick Chamoiseau, Edwidge Danticat, and Dany LaferrieÌre--offer compelling insights into confronting, coming to terms with, and reconciling their past. The employment of personal narratives as the vehicle to carry out this investigation points to a tension evident in these writers' reflections, which constantly move between the collective and the personal; their past is an inescapably complex, rhizomatic network that extends beyond the notion of a single, private life. These contemporary authors from the three francophone Caribbean islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Haiti intertwine their personal memories with reflections on the histories of their homelands and on the European and North American countries they adopt through choice or necessity, thereby revealing a multitude of deep connections that illuminate distinct francophone Caribbean experiences"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Caribbean literature (French) $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Caribbean literature (French) $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Caribbean literature (English) $y 20th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Caribbean literature (English) $y 21st century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Authors, Caribbean $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Authors, Caribbean $y 21st century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Identity (Psychology) in literature. 650 0 $a Psychic trauma in literature. 650 0 $a Memory in literature. 650 0 $a History in literature. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM $x Caribbean & Latin American. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY $x Literary. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY $x General. $x General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Authors, Caribbean. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00821876 650 7 $a Caribbean literature (English) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00847477 650 7 $a Caribbean literature (French) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00847484 650 7 $a History in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00958338 650 7 $a Identity (Psychology) in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00966910 650 7 $a Memory in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01787079 650 7 $a Psychic trauma in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01081229 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Thomas, Bonnie, 1975- $t Connecting histories. $d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017 $z 9781496810564 $w (DLC) 2016058052 830 0 $a Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.) 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018024937.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8BCF12E600D511E888826E0497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search