Explores the pros and cons of postcolonial criticism through a zombie, a sensationalized symbol of Afro-Antillean bondage. How reworking the zombie in various cultural and political contexts lays bare the pleasures and perils of postcolonialism; Information on the novel Beso de la mujer araña, by Manuel Puig; Description of the book Wild Saragasso Sea, by Jean Rhys; Discussion on the book The Famished Road, by Ben Okri.;
Comments on the literary style of Barbadian poet Kamau Brathwaite. Caribbean heritage as main theme; Development of `nation language'; Criticism of selected works.;
Discusses lyricism in French Caribbean poetry. Brevity of poems; Fusion of features and characterization of poems as traditional and modernist; Comparison of Marcelle Archeolon-Pepin's poems with haiku; Poetic persona projected in French Caribbean poetry; Poem as a form of dance that opens the door of the imagination.;
Examines postcolonialism in women's writings in Afrikaans. Includes the anthology I Qabane Labantu: Poetry in the Emergency; Klaaglied Vir Koos, by Lettie Viljoen; Lady Anne, by Antjie Krog; Berigte Van Weerstand, by Emma Huismans; Die Ding in Die Vuur, by Riana Scheepers; Triomf, by Marlene Van Niekerk.;
Examines the work of Guyanese-born poet Grace Nichols and her depiction of the struggles of black women in the Caribbean Area. Features of Nichols' book entitled The Fat Black Woman's Poems; Women's image in Caribbean literature; Description of Nichols' poems; Details of her depiction of the human body in her works.;
