Comrade Sister illustrates the need to pass down to future generations the lessons of the revolution in a way that releases its traumatic aspects and allows Grenadians and other Black radicals to believe in the possibility of a better future.
Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.
In this feminist literary analysis of works by Caribbean writers, Laurie Lambertfocuses primarily on the way women writers depict gender, as they remember the Grenada Revolution. She also considers commentary on the Revolutionby four West Indian men—Derek Walcott, V.S. Naipaul, George Lamming, andAndrew Salkey—though here the role of women does not figure centrally
"The Grenada Revolution is a watershed moment in Caribbean history and one with a continuing and underdocumented aftermath. Lambert’s is the first book-length work of literary criticism to focus centrally on gender in the revolution, treating gender and sexuality as crucial dimensions of world making as well as of analysis, critique, remembrance, and rebuilding. Lambert brings into the mainstream discussion several unpublished, important, and understudied texts—notably those by Walcott, Salkey, and Purcell—the significance of which is hard to overstate. "—Shalini Puri, University of Pittsburgh, author of The Grenada Revolution in the Caribbean Present
"This important book is the first to study the Grenadian Revolution through a consistent and critical engagement with literary texts and writers "—Brian Meeks, Brown University, author of Critical Interventions in Caribbean Politics and Theory
" Comrade Sister illustrates the need to pass down to future generations the lessons of the revolution in a way that releases its traumatic aspects and allows Grenadians and other Black radicals to believe in the possibility of a better future.
Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. "—author of CHOICE
" Comrade Sister allows us to see feminist points of solidarity between people whose perspectives might otherwise have been obscured by a hard line between progressive and conservative, a line that does not always map neatly onto Caribbean politics. "—author of Public Books
"In this feminist literary analysis of works by Caribbean writers, Laurie Lambertfocuses primarily on the way women writers depict gender, as they remember the Grenada Revolution. She also considers commentary on the Revolutionby four West Indian men—Derek Walcott, V.S. Naipaul, George Lamming, andAndrew Salkey—though here the role of women does not figure centrally "—author of New West Indian Gudie
