Code: 06400573

Violence in Caribbean Literature

Name: Violence in Caribbean Literature
Brand: Lexington Books
SKU: 06400573
Price: 141.18 EUR
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by Veronique Maisier

Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 170
Publisher: Lexington Books, 2014
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Violence in Caribbean Literature: Stories of Stones and Blood, this book looks at the scene of the throwing of a stone found in five novels, and uses it as a starting point to an examination of the turmoil of history in the Caribbean, of the colonial education imposed on Caribbean populations, of the gendered relations that exist today in the Caribbean region, of the political status and aspirations of Caribbean nations, and finally of the psychological impact of colonization on Caribbean minds. The trope of the stone and the analysis of the violence it delivers provide the thread that conducts the linked readings of these novels, written by Dominican Jean Rhys, Trinidadian Merle Hodge, Guadeloupean Gisele Pineau, Martinican Patrick Chamoiseau, and Jamaican-American Michelle Cliff. The analytical and critical readings of these writers' novels complement each other, and draw out their commonalities, echoes, and differences, while the juxtaposition of Anglophone and Francophone novels from different Caribbean nations contributes to a polyphonic understanding of the region. While the book offers diversity in the range of countries and languages represented, and in the interdisciplinarity of the scholarly fields that intersect in its cultural discussions, it maintains its coherence by the unifying theme of violence and its representations in Caribbean literature.