Anglophone Literature of Caribbean Indenture

The Seductive Hierarchies of Empire

AvAlison Klein

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Del i serien New Caribbean Studies

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Beskrivning

Through an examination of intimate relationships within indenture narratives, this text traces the seductive hierarchies of empire – the oppressive ideologies of gender, ethnicity, and class that developed under imperialism and indenture and that continue to impact the Caribbean today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-10-10
Mått:148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt:463 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Caribbean Studies
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319990545

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Mer om författaren

Alison Klein is a Lecturer in International Writing at Duke University, USA. Her work has been published in the anthology Indo-Caribbean Feminist Thought: Genealogies, Theories, Enactments, and the journals Anthurium, South Asian Review, and The Journal of Commonwealth Literatures.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: The Ties That Bind.- 2. To Have and to Hold: The Role of Marriage in Nonfiction Indenture Narratives.- 3.Tying the Knot: Early Depictions of Indenture.- 4.Tangled Up: Gendered Metaphors of Nation in Contemporary Indo-Caribbean Narratives.- 5. Family Ties: Embodiment of Female Laborers in the Poetry of Indenture.- 6. At the End of their Tether: Women Writing about Indenture.- 7. Conclusion: Loose Threads.