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Pathologies of Paradise: Caribbean Detours (New World Studies)
Supriya M. Nair
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Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white line drawings, maps, charts. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 340.
Pathologies of Paradise presents the rich complexity of anglophone Caribbean literature from pluralistic perspectives that contest the reduction of the region to Edenic or infernal stereotypes. But rather than reiterate the familiar critiques of these stereotypes, Supriya Nair draws on the trope of the detour to plumb the depths of anti-paradise discourse, showing how the Caribbean has survived its history of colonisation and slavery. In her reading of authors such as Jamaica Kincaid, Michelle Cliff, V. S. Naipaul, Zadie Smith, Junot Díaz, and Pauline Melville, among others, she examines dominant symbols and events that shape the literature and history of ... Read more
Pathologies of Paradise presents the rich complexity of anglophone Caribbean literature from pluralistic perspectives that contest the reduction of the region to Edenic or infernal stereotypes. But rather than reiterate the familiar critiques of these stereotypes, Supriya Nair draws on the trope of the detour to plumb the depths of anti-paradise discourse, showing how the Caribbean has survived its history of colonisation and slavery. In her reading of authors such as Jamaica Kincaid, Michelle Cliff, V. S. Naipaul, Zadie Smith, Junot Díaz, and Pauline Melville, among others, she examines dominant symbols and events that shape the literature and history of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
New World Studies
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813935188
SKU
V9780813935188
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About Supriya M. Nair
Supriya M. Nair, Professor of English at Tulane University, USA is the author of Caliban’s Curse: George Lamming and the Revisioning of History.
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