Hunger and Irony in the French Caribbean

Literature, Theory, and Public Life

AvNicole Simek

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien New Caribbean Studies

1 118 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

E-bok

455 kr

Häftad

355 kr

Beskrivning

Through a series of case studies spanning the bounds of literature, photography, essay, and manifesto, this book examines the ways in which literary texts do theoretical, ethical, and political work. Nicole Simek approaches the relationship between literature, theory, and public life through a specific site, the French Antillean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, and focuses on two mutually elucidating terms: hunger and irony. Reading these concepts together helps elucidate irony’s creative potential and limits. If hunger gives irony purchase by anchoring it in particular historical and material conditions, irony also gives a literature and politics of hunger a means for moving beyond a given situation, for pushing through the inertias of history and culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-11-15
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Caribbean Studies
Antal sidor:201
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137559913

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur
Litteraturteori inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Nicole Simek is Associate Professor of French and Interdisciplinary Studies at Whitman College, USA. She is the author of Eating Well, Reading Well: Maryse Condé and the Ethics of Interpretation.

Recensioner i media

“Nicole Simek examines the connections between hunger and irony to think through texts from the Antillean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique and situate them within particular social, political, and ethical considerations. … Hunger and Irony is an excellent resource for scholars whose teaching and research specialize in the fields of Postcolonial Theory and Francophone Literary Studies, history and the cultures of the Francophone world.” (Jennifer Boum Make, Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature STTCL, Vol. 42 (2), July, 2018)“Nicole Simek offers an insightful study of the presence and multiple uses of irony in French Caribbean works that cross generic boundaries … . Simek’s study will be an excellent resource for students and scholars interested in Caribbean cultural productions.” (Véronique Maisier, H-France Review, Vol. 18 (90), April, 2018)

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Living on the Edge.- 2. Theory or Over-Eating.- 3. Ironic Intent.- 4. In the Belly of the Beast: Irony, Opacity, Politics.- 5. Hunger Pangs: Irony, Tragedy, Constraint.- 6. Thirsty Ruins, Ironic Futures.- 7. Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.-