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This interdisciplinary study combines concepts of symbolic anthropology with traditional literary criticism to survey six novels by the Caribbean authors George Lamming and Wilson Harris. The author uses the West Indian icons of the Great House and Anancy to explore the conflict between oral and written communication and between folk culture and imperialist domination. The book's three essays discuss the collision of folk and imperialist cultures, the figure of the artist-in-the-text, and the anthropological concept of liminality as it applies to all types of oppressive exploitation. With its subtle literary readings and its philosophical commentary, this volume will be a significant resource.
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JOYCE JONAS is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Guyana.
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During the 1950s and 1960s the sparse trickle of novels that flowed out of the Caribbean swelled to a steady stream, a stream that continues to grow in immensity and volume. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plantation landscape, black cargoes, plantation model, polarized world Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Cristobal, Great House, West Indian, New York, Wilson Harris, Frank Wellington, Lime Stone, Genesis of the Clowns, Federal Drive, Lady Carol, Isles of the Black Rock, Natives of My Person, Victor Turner, West Indies, Mary Douglas, George Lamming, Roland Barthes, The Whole Armour, John Donne, Johns Hopkins University Press, Albert Hofstadter, Anton Ehrenzweig, Boy Blue, Brother Bannister, Caribbean Contact New!
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During the 1950s and 1960s the sparse trickle of novels that flowed out of the Caribbean swelled to a steady stream, a stream that continues to grow in immensity and volume. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plantation landscape, black cargoes, plantation model, polarized world Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Cristobal, Great House, West Indian, New York, Wilson Harris, Frank Wellington, Lime Stone, Genesis of the Clowns, Federal Drive, Lady Carol, Isles of the Black Rock, Natives of My Person, Victor Turner, West Indies, Mary Douglas, George Lamming, Roland Barthes, The Whole Armour, John Donne, Johns Hopkins University Press, Albert Hofstadter, Anton Ehrenzweig, Boy Blue, Brother Bannister, Caribbean Contact New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Natives of My Person (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by George Lamming on 12 pages
- Season of Adventure (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by George Lamming on 9 pages
- In the Castle of My Skin (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by George Lamming on 8 pages
- Palace of the Peacock by Wilson Harris on 7 pages
- Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Routledge Classics) by Mary Douglas on 4 pages
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