"A riveting, insightful personal narrative, a confessional that is very thoroughly researched. It will open windows on the rich, complex culture of Haiti, both historical and contemporary." - Moira Ferguson, James E. Ryan Chair in English and Women's Literature, University of Nebraska "A very insightful and brilliantly executed reading of novels by Haitian women." - Selwyn Cudjoe, Marion Butler McLean Professor of the History of Ideas, Wellesley College "A major new work in Caribbean studies." - Gay Wilentz, East Carolina University Colonized and coerced, raped and silenced - this has been...
"A riveting, insightful personal narrative, a confessional that is very thoroughly researched. It will open windows on the rich, complex culture of Ha...
Understanding exile as flight from political persecution or types of oppression that single out women, this title concentrates on diasporic writers and filmmakers who depict the vulnerability of women to poverty and exploitation in their homelands and their search for safe refuge.
Understanding exile as flight from political persecution or types of oppression that single out women, this title concentrates on diasporic writers an...
Sovereignty. Sugar. Revolution. These are the three axes this book uses to link the works of contemporary women artists from Haiti--a country excluded in contemporary Latin American and Caribbean literary studies--the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. In From Sugar to Revolution: Women's Visions of Haiti, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic, Myriam Chancy aims to show that Haiti's exclusion is grounded in its historical role as a site of ontological defiance. Her premise is that writers Edwidge Danticat, Julia Alvarez, Zoe Valdes, Loida Maritza Perez, Marilyn Bobes, Achy Obejas, Nancy...
Sovereignty. Sugar. Revolution. These are the three axes this book uses to link the works of contemporary women artists from Haiti--a country excl...
