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Author:
Boisseron, B©♭n©♭dicte. author.
Title:
Creole renegades : rhetoric of betrayal and guilt in the Caribbean diaspora / B©♭n©♭dicte Boisseron.
Publisher:
University Press of Florida,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xii, 223 pages ; 25 cm
Subject:
Creoles--Caribbean Area.
Creole literature--North America.
Caribbean Area--Emigration and immigration.
West Indians--Migrations.
Authors, Caribbean--Attitudes.
Ethnicity--Caribbean Area.
Nationalism--Caribbean Area.
Broyard, Anatole.
Cond©♭, Maryse.
Danticat, Edwidge,--1969-
Laferri©·re, Dany.
Naipaul, V. S.--(Vidiadhar Surajprasad),--1932-
Kincaid, Jamaica.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the second-generation Caribbean diaspora -- Anatole Broyard : racial betrayal and the art of being Creole -- Maryse Cond©♭'s Histoire de la femme cannibale : coming out in the French Antilles -- Edwidge Danticat and Dany LaFerri©·re : parasitic and remittance diaspora -- V. S. Naipaul and Jamaica Kincaid : rhetoric of national dis-allegiance -- Creole versus Bossale Renegade : "Turfism" in the Black diaspora of the Americas.
Summary:
This book investigates the exilic literature of Caribbean-born and Caribbean-descent writers who, from their new location in Northern America, question their cultural roots and search for a creative autonomy.
ISBN:
0813049792
9780813049793
OCLC:
(OCoLC)857740682
LCCN:
2013051136
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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