Queer Narratives of the Caribbean Diaspora - Exploring Tactics

Informationen zum Autor Dr Zoran Pecic is Lecturer in the Department of Culture and Identity at Roskilde University, Denmark. He has previously worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Shantou University, China. He is currently conducting postdoctoral research on queer Chinese cinema. Klappentext This book examines the concept of queer theory and combines it with the field of diaspora studies. By looking at the queer diasporic narratives in and from the Caribbean, it conducts an inquiry into the workings and underpinnings of both fields. Zusammenfassung This book examines the concept of queer theory and combines it with the field of diaspora studies. By looking at the queer diasporic narratives in and from the Caribbean! it conducts an inquiry into the workings and underpinnings of both fields. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Queer Tactical Diaspora and the Caribbean Space 2. Shani Mootoo's Diasporas 3. The Movements of Dionne Brand 4. Queering the Bildungsroman 5. Reshaping the Past in Lawrence Scott's Aelred's Sin Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Queer Tactical Diaspora and the Caribbean Space 2. Shani Mootoo's Diasporas 3. The Movements of Dionne Brand 4. Queering the Bildungsroman 5. Reshaping the Past in Lawrence Scott's Aelred's Sin Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Z Pecic, Z. Pecic, Zoran Pecic
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2013
• EAN: 9780230367418
• ISBN: 978-0-230-36741-8
• No. of pages: 201
• Subjects: Fiction; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Literature, Fiction & related items, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Fiction, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary theory, World Literature, Culture—Study and teaching, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Fiction Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy, Postcolonial/World Literature, America—Literatures, North American Literature, bibliography;Caribbean;concept;inquiry;Narrative;space