| Description |
xii, 225 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Examines the literature of black Caribbean emigrant and island women including Dorothea Smartt, Edwidge Danticat, Paule Marshall, and others, who use the terminology and imagery of "sucking salt" as an articulation of a New World voice connoting adaptation, improvisation, and creativity, offering a new understanding of diaspora, literature, and feminism"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-209) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : little salt won't kill you -- The salience of memory : the cultural and historical significance of salt in the Caribbean -- "It sweeter than meat!" : saltfish, sexual politics, and the Caribbean oral imagination -- Harvesting salt : Caribbean women writers in England and the philosophy of survival -- I suck coarse salt : Caribbean women writers in Canada--language, location, and the politics of transcendence -- Refugees of a world on fire : kitchen place and refugee space in the poetics of Paule Marshall and Edwidge Danticat. |
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American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Women authors. |
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American literature -- Caribbean American authors -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Caribbean American authors. |
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Canadian literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Canadian literature -- Women authors. |
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English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- Women authors. |
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Women authors, Caribbean -- English-speaking countries.
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Women authors, Caribbean. |
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English-speaking countries. |
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Minority women in literature.
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Minority women in literature. |
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Ethnicity in literature.
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Ethnicity in literature. |
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Culture in literature.
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Culture in literature. |
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National characteristics, Caribbean.
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National characteristics, Caribbean. |
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Caribbean Area -- Social life and customs.
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Caribbean Area. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Littérature américaine -- Histoire et critique. |
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Écrits de femmes américains -- Histoire et critique. |
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Littérature américaine -- Auteurs américains d'origine antillaise -- Histoire et critique. |
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Littérature canadienne -- Histoire et critique. |
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Écrits de femmes canadiens -- Histoire et critique. |
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Littérature anglaise -- Histoire et critique. |
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Écrits de femmes anglais -- Histoire et critique. |
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Écrivaines antillaises -- Pays anglophones. |
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Femmes issues des minorités dans la littérature. |
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Ethnicité dans la littérature. |
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Culture dans la littérature. |
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Antillais. |
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Caraïbes (Région) -- Mœurs et coutumes. |
| ISBN |
082621665X hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780826216656 hardcover alkaline paper |
