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Connecting histories : Francophone Caribbean writers interrogating their past

Title
Connecting histories : Francophone Caribbean writers interrogating their past / Bonnie Thomas.
Author
Thomas, Bonnie, 1975-
Publication
  • Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Description
x, 165 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  • "A comprehensive introduction to five Caribbean writers and their confrontation with trauma"--
  • "The francophone Caribbean boasts a veritable treasure trove of literary gems. Distinguished by innovative, elegant writing and thought-provoking methods of engaging with questions of history and identity, this exciting body of work demands attention. Its authors treat the traumatic legacies of shared and personal histories that pervade the Caribbean experience in striking ways, enunciating a path towards reconciliation and healing. The creation of diverse personal narratives--encompassing autobiography, autofiction, travel writing, and reflective essay--remains characteristic of many Caribbean writers and offers poignant illustrations of the complex interchange between shared and personal pasts and how they affect individual lives. Through their historically informed autobiography, the authors in this study--Maryse Condé, Gisèle Pineau, Patrick Chamoiseau, Edwidge Danticat, and Dany Laferrière--offer compelling insights into confronting, coming to terms with, and reconciling their past. The employment of personal narratives as the vehicle to carry out this investigation points to a tension evident in these writers' reflections, which constantly move between the collective and the personal; their past is an inescapably complex, rhizomatic network that extends beyond the notion of a single, private life. These contemporary authors from the three francophone Caribbean islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Haiti intertwine their personal memories with reflections on the histories of their homelands and on the European and North American countries they adopt through choice or necessity, thereby revealing a multitude of deep connections that illuminate distinct francophone Caribbean experiences"--
Series Statement
Caribbean studies series
Uniform Title
Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
Alternative Title
Francophone Caribbean writers interrogating their past
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index.
Contents
Introduction : history, memory, and trauma in the Francophone Caribbean -- Maryse Condé : filling in the gaps of "herstory" -- Gisèle Pineau : writing as therapy -- Patrick Chamoiseau : memory, relation, and the Creolized imaginary -- Edwidge Danticat : connecting the political and personal -- Dany Laferrière : "I write as I live" -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JFE 17-7288
ISBN
  • 9781496810557
  • 1496810554
LCCN
2016035689
OCLC
962552496
Author
Thomas, Bonnie, 1975- author.
Title
Connecting histories : Francophone Caribbean writers interrogating their past / Bonnie Thomas.
Publisher
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Caribbean studies series
Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index.
Chronological Term
1900-2099
Other Form:
Online version: Thomas, Bonnie, 1975- Connecting histories. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2017 9781496810564 (DLC) 2016058052
Research Call Number
JFE 17-7288
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