Esteves,Carmen C. (Author) and Paravisini-Gebert,Lizabeth (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
273 p, Contents: Tétiyette and the devil / Anonymous (Guadeloupe) -- Little Cog-burt / Phyllis Shand Allfrey (Dominica) -- Cotton Candy / Dora Alonso (Cuba) -- See me in me Benz and t'ing : like the lady who lived on that isle remote / Hazel D. Campbell (Jamaica) -- They called her Aurora (a passion for Donna Summer) / Aida Cartagena Portalatín (Dominican Republic) -- Columba / Michelle Cliff (Jamaica) -- A pottage of lentils / Marie-Thérèse Colimon-Hall (Haiti) -- Three women in Manhattan / Maryse Condé (Guadeloupe) -- Hair / Hilma Contreras (Dominican Republic) -- Piano-bar / Liliane Dévieux (Haiti) -- Barred : Trinidad 1987 / Ramabai Espinet (Trinidad) -- The poisoned story / Rosario Ferré (Puerto Rico) -- Cocuyo Flower / Magali García Ramis (Puerto Rico) -- How to gather the shadows of the flowers / Ángela Hernández (Dominican Republic) -- Opéra Station. Six in the evening. For months-- / Jeanne Hyvrard (Martinique/France) -- Girl / Jamaica Kincaid (Antigua) -- No dust is allowed in this house / Olga Nolla (Puerto Rico) -- Widow's walk / Opal Palmer Adisa (Jamaica) -- Parable II / Velma Pollard (Jamaica) -- Red flower / Paulette Poujol-Oriol (Haiti) -- The day they burned the books / Jean Rhys (Dominica) -- Lola or the song of spring / Astrid Roemer (Surinam) -- Brights Thursdays / Olive Senior (Jamaica) -- ADJ, Inc. / Ana Lydia Vega (Puerto Rico) -- Of nuns and punishments / Bea Vianen (Surinam) -- Passport to paradise / Myriam Warner-Vieyra (Guadeloupe) -- Of natural causes / Mirta Yáñez (Cuba)
Ansano,Richenel (Editor), Clemincia,Jocelyn Cook (Editor), and Martis,Ethel (Editor)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1992
Published:
Willemstad, Curacao: Fundashon Publikashon
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
240 p, Published on the occasion of the third International Caribbean Women's Writers, hosted by Curacao. Conference Provides valuable information on Curacao's women. Also contains 29 poems, short stories and articles on a variety of subjects.
Mona, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
168 p., Provides an accessible account of a poorly understood aspect of Jamaican popular culture. It explores the socio-political meanings of Jamaica's dancehall culture. In particular, the book gives an account of the power relations within the dancehall and between the dancehall and the wider Jamaican society.
