African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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419 p, Explores the commonalities between literatures of the French Caribbean, French Guyana, and Belize, tracing aspects of the content and narrative structures of various Caribbean works back to African and European folklore and traditions, which were passed on to, and influenced in their turn, by the cultures of the Americas. Includes an index of works cited and a selective bibliography.;
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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216 p, Contents: 1. Beyond Nationalism: Literary Nation-building in the Work of Earl Lovelace and Michael Anthony -- 2. Men Go Have Respect For All O' We: Valerie Belgrave's Invention of Trinidad -- 3. Willi Chen and Carnival Nationalism in Trinidad -- 4. Samuel Selvon and the Chronopolitics of a Diasporic Nationalism -- 5. Neil Bissoondath and Migrant Liberation from the Nation -- 6. V.S. Naipaul and the Pitfalls of Nationalism -- 7. C.L.R. James and Egalitarian Nationalism in the Caribbean -- Conclusion: Mud Mas: Playing Identity.
