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The Post-Columbus Syndrome. Identities, Cultural Nationalism, and Commemorations in the Caribbean.
Fabienne Viala
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Description for The Post-Columbus Syndrome. Identities, Cultural Nationalism, and Commemorations in the Caribbean.
Paperback. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; HBJK; HBTQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 377.
Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a reservoir of metaphors to confront anxieties of the present with myths of the past.
Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a reservoir of metaphors to confront anxieties of the present with myths of the past.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Series
New Caribbean Studies
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349495405
SKU
V9781349495405
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Ref
99-15
About Fabienne Viala
Fabienne Viala is Associate Professor of Hispanic and Caribbean Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.
Reviews for The Post-Columbus Syndrome. Identities, Cultural Nationalism, and Commemorations in the Caribbean.
“In The Post-Columbus Syndrome, Fabienne Viala takes the reader on a tour de force of the Caribbean’s history, politics and art, using the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in the Americas as its focal point of analysis. … The book’s seamless flow through several art forms and genres constitutes one of its greatest merits: the reader engages with Haitian novels, ... Read more