Just Below South is the first book to examine the U.S. South and the Caribbean as a -regional interculture- shaped by performance--as a space defined not so much by a shared set of geographical boundaries or by a single, common culture as by the weave of performances and identities moving across and throughout it. By offering fresh ways for thinking about region, language, and performance, the volume helps to reimagine the possibilities for American Studies. It advances beyond current analyses of historical or literary commonalities between the South and the Caribbean to explore startling...
Just Below South is the first book to examine the U.S. South and the Caribbean as a -regional interculture- shaped by performance--as a space defin...
Just Below South is the first book to examine the U.S. South and the Caribbean as a -regional interculture- shaped by performance--as a space defined not so much by a shared set of geographical boundaries or by a single, common culture as by the weave of performances and identities moving across and throughout it. By offering fresh ways for thinking about region, language, and performance, the volume helps to reimagine the possibilities for American Studies. It advances beyond current analyses of historical or literary commonalities between the South and the Caribbean to explore startling...
Just Below South is the first book to examine the U.S. South and the Caribbean as a -regional interculture- shaped by performance--as a space defin...
Rethinking Marriage in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures analyzes novels and films that demonstrate how marriage affects Francophone African and Caribbean women in their respective societies. It also considers the various religious, social, economic, historical, cultural factors that influence marriage.
Rethinking Marriage in Francophone African and Caribbean Literatures analyzes novels and films that demonstrate how marriage affects Francophone Afric...
An engaging, content-based book for incorporating Francophone cinema and culture into advanced French Language courses or Francophone Studies courses. Each chapter of the book is devoted to a single feature film and includes aids for students watching the film, discussing and writing about the film, and understanding the film within the cultural context. The films come from all regions of the Francophone world, from Vietnam to Algeria to Haiti, and are organized chronologically from the colonial experience to today.
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A great selection of fifteen easily...
An engaging, content-based book for incorporating Francophone cinema and culture into advanced French Language courses or Francophone Studies cours...
