Caribbean Jewish Crossings - Literary History and Creative Practice (Hardcover)

Caribbean Jewish Crossings is the first essay collection to consider the Caribbean's relationship to Jewishness through a literary lens. Although Caribbean novelists and poets regularly incorporate Jewish motifs in their work, scholars have neglected this strain in studies of Caribbean literature. The book takes a pan-Caribbean approach, with chapters addressing the Anglophone, Francophone, Hispanophone, and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. Part 1 traces the emergence of a Caribbean-Jewish literary culture in Suriname, St. Thomas, Jamaica, and Cuba from the late eighteenth century through the early twentieth century. Part 2 brings into focus Sephardic and crypto-Jewish motifs in contemporary Caribbean literature, while Part 3 turns to the question of colonialism and its relationship to Holocaust memory. The volume concludes with the compelling voices of contemporary Caribbean creative writers.

General

Imprint:	University of Virginia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New World Studies
Release date:	October 2019
Editors:	Sarah Phillips Casteel • Heidi Kaufman
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-8139-4328-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-8139-4328-0
Barcode:	9780813943282

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