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218 p, Contents: Origins of the divestiture trope in selected literature of the African diaspora -- Diaspora as a trope for the existential condition -- Resonances of the African continent in selected fiction and non-fiction by Zora Neale Hurston -- Orphanage in Simone Schwarz-Bart's The bridge of beyond and Alice Walker's The third life of Grange Copeland -- Polyphonic texture of the trope "junkheaped" in Toni Morrison's Beloved -- Sociological implications of female abandonment in Buchi Emecheta's Second class citizen and The joys of motherhood -- Success phobia of Deighton Boyce in Paul Marshall's Brown girl, Brownstones -- Madness as a response to the female situation of disinheritance in Mariama Bâ's So long a letter and Scarlet song -- Exile of the elderly in Beryl Gilroy's Frangipani house and Boy-Sandwich -- Conclusion: abandonment as a trope for the human condition;
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 1989., 199 p, "Comparative study on race relations and on social and individual images of blacks in the US and brazil. Examines selected religious, political and literary discourses from and interdisciplinary perspective supported by theories of Michael Foucault and Jacques Derrida on discourse formation and intertextuality, demonstrates the ideological concepts of the colonizers, showing how these were later replaced by scientific theories that supported the ruling class in neglecting, mistreating, and dehumanizing the nonwhite population in the 2 countries." --Handbook of Latin American Studies, Vol 58 Humanities, by Lawrence Boudon.
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310 p., Relates current theoretical debates about hospitality and cosmopolitanism to the actual conditions of refugees. Examines literary works by such writers as Edwidge Danticat, Nikl Payen, Kamau Brathwaite, Francisco Goldman, Julia Alvarez, Ivonne Lamazares, and Cecilia Rodriguez Milans, Jacques Derrida, Edouard Glissant, and Wilson Harris.
Berrian,Brenda F. (Author) and Broeck,Aart (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
Washington D.C.: Three Continents Press
Location:
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360 p., First International Conference on the Women Writers of the English-speaking Caribbean, April 198. Lists creative works by 1067 women writers. Arranged into four sections
Kesteloot,Lilyan (Author) and Ellen Conroy Kennedy (Translator)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press
Location:
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Translation of Les écrivains noirs de langue française.
Originally presented as the author's thesis, Brussels, 1961., 401 p, According to Kesteloot, the three fathers of négritude were Léon Damas (French Guiana), Léopold Senghor (Senegal) and Aimé Césaire (Martinique), who met in Paris in the 1930s and started the movement. Senghor defined negritude as: “the cultural patrimony, the values, and above all the spirit of Negro African civilization.”
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Journal Title Details:
3 vols.
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1499 p., Focuses on writers and works published since 1950. The majority of the authors surveyed are African American, but representative African and Caribbean authors are also included. Includes foreword by Howard Dodson.; vol. 1. Achebe-Dumas -- vol. 2. Ellison-Lorde -- vol. 3. Mackey-Zobel.;
