The post-Columbus syndrome : identities, cultural nationalism, and commemorations in the Caribbean /


Fabienne Viala.
Bok Engelsk 2014 Fabienne. Viala
Omfang
x, 282 pages ;
Opplysninger
Formerly CIP.. - Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction: The Post-Columbus Syndrome: A Comparative Approach to Caribbean Memory in the Longue Dure;e PART I: POST-COLUMBUS SYSTEMS OF MEMORY: RECYCLING HERITAGE IN THE CARIBBEAN 1. Transculturation as Commemoration: Fernando Ortiz, the Cuban Longue Dure;e, and the Role of Columbus2. Edward Kamau Brathwaite and Transnational Anamnesis: Creolising Columbus in the English Caribbean Collective Memory 3. The Snake, the Shore, and Columbus: Edouard Glissant's Anamnesis of the French département d'outre-mer4. Anamnesis, Chaos, and Columbus: Antonio Beni;tez Rojo and the Caribbean 'feedback-machine' PART II: ANAMNESIS CARIBENSIS: COLUMBUS IN 19925. Columbus, the Memorious: Commemorations of the 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of the New World in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic 6. Christopher Columbus in the English Caribbean: Commemoration and Performance in Jamaica 7. Columbus in Martinique and Guadeloupe: Amnesia and Commemoration in the French Outremer 8. Columbus, the Scapegoat, and the Zombie: Performance and Tales of the National Memory in HaitiConclusion: Towards an Archipelagic Memory.
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9781137443748 (hardback) : : £56.50. - £47.08
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