An edition of The caribbean novel since 1945
(2012)
The caribbean novel since 1945
cultural practice, form, and the nation-state
by Michael Niblett
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Summary:The Caribbean Novel Since 1945 offers a comparative analysis of fiction from across the pan-Caribbean, exploring the relationship between literary form, cultural practice, and the nation-state. Engaging with the historical and political impact of capitalist imperialism, decolonization, class struggle, ethnic conflict, and gender relations, it considers the ways in which Caribbean authors have sought to rethink and re-narrate the traumatic past and often problematic 'postcolonial' present of the region's peoples. It pays particular attention to the role cultural practices such as stickfighting
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Caribbean Novel Since 1945: Cultural Practice, Form, and the Nation-State
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Cultural practice, creolization, and the nation-state
The promise of national independence: Modernity, allegory, and sacrifice
"The people living a life every man for himself": Problems in the postindependence body (politic)
Literary deliriums: Cultural expression, commodity fetishism and the search for community
From breakdown to rebirth: Ritual reconfigurations of the Nation-state
"No pain like this body": Race, gender, and sexuality in a time of crisis.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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