Description |
1 online resource (256 pages). |
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Series |
Literary criticism and cultural theory
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Literary criticism and cultural theory.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One Heredity and Discursivity: From Pre-History to the Plantation; Chapter Two Misce-gene-nation: Heredity and the Rise of Pluralism in Caribbean Narrative; Chapter Three Talking Flowers and Flowering People: Narrative, Plant Genetics, and Caribbean Identity; Chapter Four Bound Bodies: The Struggle in Caribbean Narrative Against Biological Determinism; Chapter Five Hybridity and Its Mysteries: Heredity, Intertextuality, and Cultural Identity in the Caribbean. |
Summary |
In this book, Rudyard Alcocer offers a theory of Caribbean narrative, accounting for the complex interactions between scientific and literary discourses while expanding the horizons of narrative studies in general. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Caribbean fiction (Spanish) -- History and criticism.
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Caribbean fiction (Spanish) |
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Caribbean fiction -- History and criticism.
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Caribbean fiction. |
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Heredity in literature.
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Heredity in literature. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Alcocer, Rudyard J. Narrative mutations. New York : Routledge, 2004 (DLC) 2004019685 |
ISBN |
020350352X (electronic book) |
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9780203503522 (electronic book) |
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0415971152 (Cloth) |
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