| Description |
x, 374 p. : 24 cm. |
| Note |
In English; many selections have been translated from the French and Spanish. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-373). |
| Contents |
Literary selections. The plantation and maroon society. Wages paid / James Carnegie -- From : Autobiography of a runaway slave / Esteban Montejo, edited by Miguel Barnet -- Rural peasantry. From : Between two worlds / Simone Schwarz-Bart -- From : When they loved the communal lands / Pedro Mir -- Decolonization and the colonial education. From : Growing up stupid under the union jack / Austin Clarke -- Journey back to the source / Alejo Carpentier -- Isolation/inter-Caribbean relations. Day it all happened ; Port-au-Prince, below / Ana Lydia Vega -- Modern life : alienation/liberation. From : State of independence / Caryl Phillips -- Monologue with rain ; Common stories / Chely Lima -- Passing / Michelle Cliff -- Theoretical essays. Identity, historiography, and the Caribbean voice. From : Black Jacobins / C. L. R. James -- Caliban : notes toward a discussion of culture in our America / Roberto Fernandez Retamar -- If I could write this in fire, I would write this in fire / Michelle Cliff. |
| Subject |
Caribbean literature.
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| Added Author |
Smorkaloff, Pamela Maria, 1956-
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| ISBN |
1565841816 : $29.95 ($41.95 Can.) |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 121132005 |
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