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Making Men: Gender, Literary Authority, and Women’s Writing in Caribbean Narrative
Belinda Edmondson
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Description for Making Men: Gender, Literary Authority, and Women’s Writing in Caribbean Narrative
Paperback. Compares the intellectual exile of men with the economic migration of women, linking the canonical male tradition to the writing of modern West Indian women Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ABM; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Colonialism left an indelible mark on writers from the Caribbean. Many of the mid-century male writers, on the eve of independence, looked to England for their models. The current generation of authors, many of whom are women, have increasingly looked—and relocated—to the United States. Incorporating postcolonial theory, West Indian literature, feminist theory, and African American literary criticism, Making Men carves out a particular relationship between the Caribbean canon—as represented by C. L. R. James and V. S. Naipaul, among others—and contemporary Caribbean women writers such as Jean Rhys, and Jamaica Kincaid, Paule Marshall, and Michelle Cliff, who now live in ... Read more
Colonialism left an indelible mark on writers from the Caribbean. Many of the mid-century male writers, on the eve of independence, looked to England for their models. The current generation of authors, many of whom are women, have increasingly looked—and relocated—to the United States. Incorporating postcolonial theory, West Indian literature, feminist theory, and African American literary criticism, Making Men carves out a particular relationship between the Caribbean canon—as represented by C. L. R. James and V. S. Naipaul, among others—and contemporary Caribbean women writers such as Jean Rhys, and Jamaica Kincaid, Paule Marshall, and Michelle Cliff, who now live in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822322634
SKU
V9780822322634
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About Belinda Edmondson
Belinda Edmondson is Associate Professor of English and African/African-American Studies at Rutgers University at Newark.
Reviews for Making Men: Gender, Literary Authority, and Women’s Writing in Caribbean Narrative
"A well-researched, considered study, make all the more effective by Edmondson's ability to deliberate on the individuality of the authors whilst reflecting upon their place within the greater Caribbean literary canon."
British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, April 2000 " ... Powerfully and persuasively argued."
Ethnic and Racial Studies, March 2000 "A well-researched, considered study, made all the more effective by ... Read more
British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, April 2000 " ... Powerfully and persuasively argued."
Ethnic and Racial Studies, March 2000 "A well-researched, considered study, made all the more effective by ... Read more