F. R. Jurney, Representations of the Island of Caribbean Literature: Caribbean Women Redefine their Homelands

JURNEY, Florence Ramond, Representations of the Island of Caribbean Literature: Caribbean Women Redefine their Homelands, Lewiston / Ceredigion, Mellen Press, 2009, 228 p.

ISBN 978-0-7734-4909-1 

RÉSUMÉ

This book analyzes the literary representation of the island in Caribbean women's literature as a key component of the gendered construction of diasporic identity.

TABLE DES MATIÈRES

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Mark Andrews

Introduction. Representing the Caribbean Island: Women and the Relationship to the Land Diaspora

From Diaspora to Globalization

Representations of the Caribbean Island

Chapter 1. (Re)Writing (Hi)Story
1. Creating Postcolonial (Hi)Story in Works by Michelle Cliff and Jamaica Kincaid

2. Rewriting Colonial History in Writings by Maryse Condé, Suzanne Dracius, and Gisèle Pineau
3. Weaving Stories and History: The Voices of Marie-Célie Agnant and Rosario Ferré

Chapter 2. Negotiating Exile

1. Nostalgia and the Reality of Exile in Novels by Cristina García

2. Telling the Return in Writings by Edwidge Danticat and Velma Pollard

3. Diasporic Identities in Works by Julia Alvarez and Paule Marshall

Chapter 3. Caribbean Diaspora, Globalization and Literature

1. Writing Global Connections in Works by Maryse Condé, Marie-Célie Agnant, Gisèle Pineau, and Dionne Brand

2. Diasporic Representations of the Island of Origin in Novels by Gisèle Pineau and Marie-Célie Agnant

3. The New Global Caribbean Novel: The Voices of Dionne Brand and Julia Alvarez

Afterword. Charting New Territories

Bibliography

Index

BIOGRAPHIE

Florence Ramond Jurney is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Affiliate to the Africana Studies Program at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania. She holds a Ph.D. in Romance Languages from the University of Oregon.