Caribbean transactions : West Indian culture in literature /
Renu Juneja.
Caribbean transactions : West Indian culture in literature / PRINT Renu Juneja. - London : New York : Macmillan Caribbean ; Macmillan Education, 1996. - xi, 240 pages ; 22 cm - Warwick University Caribbean studies . - Warwick University Caribbean studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-234) and index.
"Caribbean Transactions analyzes how Caribbean literature traces the struggle for cultural identity of the slaves' descendants, and indeed of all those whose ancestors, for whatever reason, were transplanted into an alien and often hostile culture at the bottom of the social strata." "The book charts the movement away from a sense of unbelonging to the forging of an autonomous indigenous culture. It reveals how the writers of Caribbean literature, through the stories they invent, help sustain the collective process by which the people build this distinctively Caribbean culture."--Jacket.
0333625528 (pbk) 9780333625521
97130243
Caribbean literature (English)--History and criticism.
Literature and society--West Indies.
Decolonization in literature.
Colonies in literature.
West Indies--In literature.
English literature Special subjects Society West Indies
810.9 WI Jun
Caribbean transactions : West Indian culture in literature / PRINT Renu Juneja. - London : New York : Macmillan Caribbean ; Macmillan Education, 1996. - xi, 240 pages ; 22 cm - Warwick University Caribbean studies . - Warwick University Caribbean studies. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-234) and index.
"Caribbean Transactions analyzes how Caribbean literature traces the struggle for cultural identity of the slaves' descendants, and indeed of all those whose ancestors, for whatever reason, were transplanted into an alien and often hostile culture at the bottom of the social strata." "The book charts the movement away from a sense of unbelonging to the forging of an autonomous indigenous culture. It reveals how the writers of Caribbean literature, through the stories they invent, help sustain the collective process by which the people build this distinctively Caribbean culture."--Jacket.
0333625528 (pbk) 9780333625521
97130243
Caribbean literature (English)--History and criticism.
Literature and society--West Indies.
Decolonization in literature.
Colonies in literature.
West Indies--In literature.
English literature Special subjects Society West Indies
810.9 WI Jun