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pp. 358, Rich and suggestive, this broad-ranging and original study combines interpretive readings and personal conversations with individual artists. Chancy places womens bodies, voices, memories, and visions at the centre of a careful scrutiny of the way three global axes of powersugar, sovereignty, and revolutionhave defined and confined Caribbean history, with its traumatic events and lingering painful memories. Conjugating national and transnational approaches to the Creolophone, Anglophone, and Hispanophone islands, Chancy redefines our understanding of terror by opening up innovative cultural and scholarly avenues for hopeful new beginnings. This is a transformative intervention in the contemporary realities of the region.
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| ISBN | 1554584280 | |
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| ISBN13 | 9781554584284 | |
| Number of pages | 358 | |
| Original Title | From Sugar to Revolution: Women’s Visions of Haiti, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic | |
| Published Date | 2012 | |
| Book Condition | Very Good | |
| Jacket Condition | No Dj | |
| Binding | Hardcover | |
| Size | 8vo | |
| Place of Publication | Waterloo | |
| Edition | First edition | |
| Category: | History | |
| Author: | Myriam J.A. Chancy | |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
pp. 358, “Rich and suggestive, this broad-ranging and original study combines interpretive readings and personal conversations with individual artists. Chancy places women’s bodies, voices, memories, and visions at the centre of a careful scrutiny of the way three global axes of power – sugar, sovereignty, and revolution – have defined and confined Caribbean history, with its traumatic events and lingering painful memories. Conjugating national and transnational approaches to the Creolophone, Anglophone, and Hispanophone islands, Chancy redefines our understanding of terror by opening up innovative cultural and scholarly avenues for hopeful new beginnings. This is a transformative intervention in the contemporary realities of the region.”
| Weight | 1 kg |
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