Intellectual History of the Caribbean

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

AvS. Torres-Saillant,Silvio Torres-Saillant

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The first intellectual history of the Caribbean written by a top Caribbean studies scholar. The book examines both the work of natives of the region as well as texts interpretive of the region produced by Western authors. Stressing the experimental and cultural particularity of the Caribbean, the study considers four major questions: What art, literature or thought can come from the minds of people who have undergone a catastrophic history? What makes the conceptual paradigms fashioned by the Western Intellectual industry capable of illuminating the distinct experience of Antilleans but not vice versa? Do Antilleans lack the mental endowments required for the interpretation of culture, theirs as well as others? Why cannot the specificity of Caribbean humanity accroach the paradigmatic flair to exemplify the drama of the entire species?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2006-12-18
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt535 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Directions in Latino American Cultures
Antal sidor290
Upplaga2006
FörlagPalgrave USA
ISBN9781403966766

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2006 '...is an extremely stimulating and at times provocative interpretive essay which examines and criticises a number of ways of looking at Caribbean history, society, and literature.' - John Gilmore, The Caribbean Review of Books '...this is a work of impressive erudition, interdisciplinary in scope and pan-Caribbean by Conviction.' - Clem Seecharan, Modernism / Modernity