In drawing connections between madness and literature, gender, and religion, this book speaks not only to the field of Caribbean studies but also to colonial and postcolonial literature in general. The volume closes with a study of twenty-first-century literature of the Caribbean diaspora, demonstrating that Caribbean writers still turn to representations of madness to depict their changing worlds.
In drawing connections between madness and literature, gender, and religion, this book speaks not only to the field of Caribbean studies but also to colonial and postcolonial literature in general. The volume closes with a study of twenty-first-century literature of the Caribbean diaspora, demonstrating that Caribbean writers still turn to representations of madness to depict their changing worlds.
Disturbers of the Peace: Representations of Madness in Anglophone Caribbean Literature
208Disturbers of the Peace: Representations of Madness in Anglophone Caribbean Literature
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ISBN-13: | 9780813935065 |
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Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
Publication date: | 10/11/2013 |
Series: | New World Studies |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |