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Desire between women in Caribbean literature

Title
Desire between women in Caribbean literature / Keja L. Valens.
Author
Valens, Keja, 1972-
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Description
viIi, 214 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
Relations between women - like the branches and roots of the mangrove - twist around, across, and within others as they pervade Caribbean letters. 'Desire Between Women in Caribbean Literature' elucidates the place of desire between women in Caribbean letters, compelling readers to rethink how to read the structures and practices of sexuality.
Series Statement
New Caribbean studies
Uniform Title
New Caribbean studies.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: The epistemology of the Mangrove -- José Martí's foundational failure -- Lost idyll: Mayotte Capécia's Je suis martiniquaise -- Replaced origins: Maryse Condé's Moi, tituba sorcière ... Noire de Salem -- Plotting desire between girls: Jamaica Kincaid's At the bottom of the river -- Sexual alternatives in Patricia Powell's Me dying trial -- The love of neighbors: Rosario Ferré's Eccentric neighborhoods/Vecindarios excéntricos.
Call Number
JFD 14-1862
ISBN
  • 113734007X
  • 9781137340078
OCLC
855488776
Author
Valens, Keja, 1972-
Title
Desire between women in Caribbean literature / Keja L. Valens.
Imprint
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New Caribbean studies
New Caribbean studies.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 14-1862
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