Caribbean Jewish Crossings: Literary History and Creative Practice Contributor(s): Casteel, Sarah Phillips (Editor), Kaufman, Heidi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0813943299 ISBN-13: 9780813943299 Publisher: University of Virginia Press OUR PRICE: $39.11 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
Dewey: 809.889 |
LCCN: 2019024307 |
Series: New World Studies |
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.14 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |