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Construction of identity has constituted a vigorous source of
debate in the Caribbean from the early days of colonization to the
present, and under the varying guises of independence,
departmentalization, dictatorship, overseas collectivity and
occupation. Given the strictures and structures of colonialism long
imposed upon the colonized subject, the (re)makings of identity
have proven anything but evident when it comes to determining
authentic expressions and perceptions of the postcolonial self. By
way of close readings of both constructions in literature and the
construction of literature, Architextual Authenticity: Constructing
Literature and Literary Identity in the French Caribbean proposes
an original, informative frame of reference for understanding the
long and ever-evolving struggle for social, cultural, historical
and political autonomy in the region. Taking as its point of focus
diverse canonical and lesser-known texts from Guadeloupe,
Martinique and Haiti published between 1958 and 2013, this book
examines the trope of the house (architecture) and the meta-textual
construction of texts (architexture) as a means of conceptualizing
and articulating how authentic means of expression are and have
been created in French-Caribbean literature over the greater part
of the past half-century-whether it be in the context of the years
leading up to or following the departmentalization of France's
overseas colonies in the 1940's, the wrath of Hurricane Hugo in
1989, or the devastating Haiti earthquake of 2010.
Construction of identity has constituted a vigorous source of
debate in the Caribbean from the early days of colonization to the
present, and under the varying guises of independence,
departmentalization, dictatorship, overseas collectivity and
occupation. Given the strictures and structures of colonialism long
imposed upon the colonized subject, the (re)makings of identity
have proven anything but evident when it comes to determining
authentic expressions and perceptions of the postcolonial self. By
way of close readings of both constructions in literature and the
construction of literature, Architextual Authenticity: Constructing
Literature and Literary Identity in the French Caribbean proposes
an original, informative frame of reference for understanding the
long and ever-evolving struggle for social, cultural, historical
and political autonomy in the region. Taking as its point of focus
diverse canonical and lesser-known texts from Guadeloupe,
Martinique and Haiti published between 1958 and 2013, this book
examines the trope of the house (architecture) and the meta-textual
construction of texts (architexture) as a means of conceptualizing
and articulating how authentic means of expression are and have
been created in French-Caribbean literature over the greater part
of the past half-century-whether it be in the context of the years
leading up to or following the departmentalization of France's
overseas colonies in the 1940's, the wrath of Hurricane Hugo in
1989, or the devastating Haiti earthquake of 2010.
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Memory at Bay (Hardcover)
Evelyne Trouillot; Translated by Paul Curtis Daw; Afterword by Jason Herbeck
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R1,782
Discovery Miles 17 820
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such
distinguished authors as Maryse Conde, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphael
Confiant-- Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation
that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti's most
vital authors, Evelyne Trouillot. Trouillot introduces us to a
bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of
Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young emigre who attends to her needs
but who harbors a secret--the bitter loss she feels for her mother,
a victim of the dictator's atrocities. The story that unfolds is a
deftly plotted psychological drama in which the two women in turn
relive their radically contrasting accounts of the dictator's
regime. Partly a retelling of Haiti's nightmarish history under
Duvalier, and partly an exploration of the power of memory,
Trouillot's novel takes a suspenseful turn when the aide
contemplates murdering the old widow. Memory at Bay was praised by
the Prix Carbet committee for the way it treats the enigmas of
destiny and for a pairing of characters whose voices bring the
narrative to the edge of the ineffable.
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Memory at Bay (Paperback)
Evelyne Trouillot; Translated by Paul Curtis Daw; Afterword by Jason Herbeck
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R797
Discovery Miles 7 970
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such
distinguished authors as Maryse Conde, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphael
Confiant-- Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation
that brings to life this powerful novel by one of Haiti's most
vital authors, Evelyne Trouillot. Trouillot introduces us to a
bedridden widow of a notorious dictator (in effect, a portrait of
Papa Doc Duvalier) and the young emigre who attends to her needs
but who harbors a secret--the bitter loss she feels for her mother,
a victim of the dictator's atrocities. The story that unfolds is a
deftly plotted psychological drama in which the two women in turn
relive their radically contrasting accounts of the dictator's
regime. Partly a retelling of Haiti's nightmarish history under
Duvalier, and partly an exploration of the power of memory,
Trouillot's novel takes a suspenseful turn when the aide
contemplates murdering the old widow. Memory at Bay was praised by
the Prix Carbet committee for the way it treats the enigmas of
destiny and for a pairing of characters whose voices bring the
narrative to the edge of the ineffable.
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