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Books on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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Anancy in the Great House: Ways of Reading West Indian Fiction

Book by Joyce Jonas, Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1990

Subjects:

Caribbean Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Harris, Wilson--History And Criticism, Lamming, George--1927---Criticism And Interpretation, West Indian Fiction (English)--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

This interdisciplinary study combines concepts of symbolic anthropology with traditional literary criticism to survey six novels by the Caribbean authors George Lamming and Wilson Harris. The author uses the West Indian icons of the Great House and Anancy to explore the conflict between oral and ...
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This interdisciplinary study combines concepts of symbolic anthropology with traditional literary criticism to survey six novels by the Caribbean authors George Lamming and Wilson Harris. The author uses the West Indian icons of the Great House and Anancy to explore the conflict between oral and written communication and between folk culture and imperialist domination. The book's three essays discuss the collision of folk and imperialist cultures, the figure of the artist-in-the-text, and the anthropological concept of liminality as it applies to all types of oppressive exploitation. With its subtle literary readings and its philosophical commentary, this volume will be a significant resource.
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Writing in Limbo: Modernism and Caribbean Literature

Book by Simon Gikandi; Cornell University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Caribbean Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Modernism (Literature)--Caribbean Area, Modernism (Literature)--West Indies, West Indian Fiction (English)--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...possibly the most self-conscious Caribbean modernist, has argued, modern "implies...Ideology: Trends in the Emergence of a Caribbean Literature," in The Modern Caribbean...with it the desire for decolonized Caribbean spaces. It is not insignificant...
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Caliban in Exile: The Outsider in Caribbean Fiction

Book by Margaret Paul Joseph; Greenwood Press, 1992

Subjects:

Caliban (Fictitious Character), Caribbean Area--In Literature, Caribbean Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Exiles In Literature, Lamming, George--1927---Criticism And Interpretation, Outsiders In Literature, Rhys, Jean--Criticism And Interpretation, Selvon, Samuel--Criticism And Interpretation, West Indian Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, West Indies--In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Caliban-Prospero encounter in Shakespeare's The Tempest has evolved as a metaphor for the colonial experience. This book utilizes the Caliban symbol in examining the influence of colonialism in Caribbean literature, focusing on three major writers: Jean Rhys of Dominica, George Lamming of ...
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The Caliban-Prospero encounter in Shakespeare's The Tempest has evolved as a metaphor for the colonial experience. This book utilizes the Caliban symbol in examining the influence of colonialism in Caribbean literature, focusing on three major writers: Jean Rhys of Dominica, George Lamming of Barbados, and Sam Selvon of Trinidad. The novels chosen are set in England where the writers and their characters experience the alienation of the exiled--unwelcome in Prospero's home country. Other Caribbean writers are included in the analysis, and the volume concludes by examining contemporary writers for whom Caliban's role appears to be shifting beyond physical exile.
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Crosscurrents: West Indian Immigrants and Race

Book by Milton Vickerman; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

United States--Race Relations, West Indian Americans--Race Identity

Collections: History, Entire Library

Vickerman's study offers an insightful examination of the complex relationship between race and ethnicity in contemporary American society. Based on interviews with over one hundred Jamaicans in New York, this book provides an in-depth view of what it means to be West Indian in the United States.
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Deconstruction, Imperialism and the West Indian Novel

Book by Glyne A. Griffith; University of the West Indies Press, 1996

Subjects:

Imperialism In Literature, West Indian Literature (English)--Criticism, Textual, West Indian Literature (English)--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Nettleford often reminds his audiences, Caribbean labour comprehended the modalities...from the typical configurations in West Indian literature and criticism, it is...valorise orality results from the Caribbeans historical encounter with Europe...

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Journal Articles on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context

Journal article by R. S. Krishnan; International Fiction Review, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New World Context by R. S. Krishnan J. Michael Dash The Other America: Caribbean Literature in a New...
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"Capital of the Caribbean": The African American-West Indian "Harlem Nexus" and the Transnational Drive for Black Freedom, 1940-1948

Journal article by Jason Parker; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 89, 2004

Subjects:

African Americans--History, Black history--Analysis, Civil rights--History, Civil rights--United States

Collections: History, Entire Library

...transnational-diplomatic history. During World War II, the Harlem nexus exerted an important gravity on the push for Caribbean reform. It did so via official channels--namely, its ties to the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration--as well as unofficial...
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Horace Russell, the Missionary Outreach of the West Indian Church: Jamaican Baptist Mission to West Africa in the Nineteenth Century

Journal article by Neville Callam; The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 55, 2003

Subjects:

The Missionary Outreach of the West Indian Church: Jamaican Baptist Mission to West Africa in the Nineteenth Century (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...history of Christian mission to Africa should meet a real need. Over thirty years ago, distinguished ecumenist and Caribbean church historian Horace Russell presented his doctoral thesis at the university of Oxford. Happily, at last, after undertaking...
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Black Nationalism in the New World: Reading the African-American and West Indian Experience

Journal article by Jake Mattox; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 56, 2003

Subjects:

Black Nationalism in the New World: Reading the African-American and West Indian Experience (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the Oakland-based Black Panthers. Carr looks to the Caribbean and South America in order to expand upon the ideas...realm of cultural studies; his primary attention to literature can offer a limited insight, and while most of the texts...
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The Two Cultures in West Indian Literature

Journal article by Manfred Wolf; World Literature Today, Vol. 65, 1991

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...name-calling or self-congratulatory propaganda. Not all the Caribbean islands, of course, are independent or newly so: Martinique...narrow. This is a persistent motif in West Indian literature that goes some way toward answering the implicit question...

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Magazine Articles on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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Derek Walcott: The Voice of the Caribbean: Saint Lucia's Favorite Son Discusses the Emerging Identity in Literature and Prose Unique to the Islands

Magazine article by Enriqueta Cabrera; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, May-June 2007

Subjects:

Nobel Prizes, Poets--Achievements and awards, Poets--Interviews, Poets--Works, Walcott, Derek--Achievements and awards, Walcott, Derek--Interviews, Walcott, Derek--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Walcott received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. He reached this apex of literary achievement by transmitting the Caribbean culture with strength, sensitivity, beauty, and ingenuity. Derek Walcott was born in 1930 in Saint Lucia, then a British...
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Heroes of the Caribbean Pitch

Magazine article by Celia Sankar; Americas (English Edition), September 1995

Subjects:

Caribbean Area--Recreational aspects, Cricket--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...Were told that Argentma plays cricket, and that Suriname does as well." Today cricket is the only sport in which the Caribbean has a united team, and the sport is often held up as an example of what is possible if political unity were achieved...
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Presenting Caribbean Writing

Magazine article by J.W. Doering; Contemporary Review, Vol. 271, November 1997

Subjects:

Caribbean literature--Publishing, Markham, Edwin--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Penguin book of Caribbean Short Stories (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...become unimportant, but rather non-central -- and then one would have to ask oneself if there was any point in isolating Caribbean people within a nation from communities they might share more with than groups in the West Indies ... I think that the...
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Kweyol Close-Up: Photojournalist Chris Higgins Captures Saint Lucia's Kweyol Culture with His Black-and-White Images That Demand a New Perspective on the Sun-Drenched Caribbean

Magazine article by Chris Higgins; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 59, November 2007

Subjects:

Caribbean Islands--Description and travel, Caribbean Islands--Personal narratives, Native American culture--Evaluation, Native Americans--Culture, Native Americans--Evaluation, Photography--Personal narratives

Collections: Entire Library

...these concerns bear greater urgency. Rapid modernization and consumerism have brought a wave of changes in the eastern Caribbean. I noticed on my last trip to Saint Lucia that the capital, Castries, had opened a multilevel parking garage to help...
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Fond Memories of Schooling in the Caribbean? Not Me

Magazine article by Marcus Howe; New Statesman, Vol. 125, August 2, 1996

Subjects:

Caribbean Area--Schools, Education--International aspects, United Kingdom--Schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...history or French. Hundreds of parents, we were invited to accept without evidence, are sending their children back for a Caribbean education. And older West Indians have fond memories of schooling there. I can only be subjective here. I was educated...

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Newspaper Articles on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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The Caribbean Island Rescued by Dixon of Dock Green

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 10, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Before March 1969 I had never heard of Anguilla. A handful of smart travellers knew that it was a pretty place, with the Caribbean lapping the white beaches along the southern coast and the Atlantic slapping the white beaches along the north. Then...
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The Saints from Paradise; THERE'S MORE TO THE CARIBBEAN THAN THE TOURIST HAUNTS OF BARBADOS AND ANTIGUA. JO FOLEY FOUND PARADISE ON THREE OF THE SMALLER ISLANDS

Newspaper article by Jo Foley; Sunday Mirror (London, England), November 30, 1997

Subjects:

Saint Lucia

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...boutiques with duty-free prices. St. Martin is one of the favourite ports of call of the luxury liners that cruise the Caribbean. The nightlife on both sides is particularly lively, with lots of live entertainment as well as discos and late-night...
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Caribbean Cruise That Soaks the 'Lucky' Customer

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), January 14, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...without charge. The FTN glossy, embossed certificate of notification said he would receive a 13-day/12-night Florida-Caribbean cruise holiday. He and his guest could `enjoy golf, deep-sea fishing, `Las Vegas-style shows, non-stop action and endless...
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WHAT'S EATING JEMIMA? A Divorce Behind Her, in Love with a Film Star and Sunning Herself in the Caribbean, Jemima Khan Should Be Happier Than Ever. So Why Are Friends So Worried about Her?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 1, 2005

Subjects:

Grant, Hugh

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...much a playboy himself in his younger days. A divorce behind her, in love with a film star and sunning herself in the Caribbean, Jemima Khan should be happier than ever. So why are friends so worried about her? All this disharmony, of course, has...
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Gem on Caribbean Popular for Tourists

Newspaper article by Richard Slusser; The Washington Times, August 31, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Gem on Caribbean popular for tourists. by Richard Slusser Cartagena, hundreds of miles from the killing fields and coca plantations of this violence-wracked South American nation, is Colombias major tourist attraction and a popular...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (Caribbean or "West Indian") and (literature or fiction)

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Spanish American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Entire Library

...the Tropics (1826; tr. 1954). With political independence from Spain achieved, except in the island countries of the Caribbean, cultural independence swept the region, aided by the romantic tenets of freedom, emotional intensity, and individualism...
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Children's Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...new collections of tales that reach back to the oral roots of literature have come from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. International folktales have also received increasing attention. Among the many authors pursuing these themes, Verna...
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African Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Bibliography See R. Finnegan, Oral Literature in Africa (1970); R. Smith, ed., Exile and Tradition: Studies in African and Caribbean Literature (1976); W. Soyinka, Myth, Literature and the African World (1976); A. Irele, The African Experience in...
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Kincaid, Jamaica

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...became a New Yorker staff writer in 1976, working there until 1996. Kincaid first became known for her lush tales of Caribbean life in her first short-story collection, At the Bottom of the River (1983), and in Annie John (1985), a semiautobiographical...
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Walcott, Derek

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The Bounty (1997). His epic poem Omeros (1990) echoes and reimagines Homers Iliad and Odyssey as it examines the Caribbeans colonial past and complex present. Tiepolos Hound (2001), in which he interweaves his own story with that of the St...

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