Slaves to Sweetness - British and Caribbean Literatures of Sugar

Klappentext Literary and sociological studies have long been fascinated by the seemingly innocuous substance of sugar, not least because of its direct link with the histories of slavery in the New World. Unlike previous texts, Slaves to Sweetness examines not only traditional, classic studies of the history of sugar, but also explores the previously ignored work produced by expatriate Caribbean authors from the 1980s onward. As a result, this volume provides the most comprehensive account to date of the historical transformations undergone by our representations of sugar, making it a rich resource for scholars in numerous fields. Zusammenfassung These links have long been a source of critical fascination! generating several landmark analyses! ranging from Fernando Ortis's Cuban Counterpoint: Tobacco and Sugar (1940) and Noel Deerr's monumental two-volume The History of Sugar (1949-50) to Sidney Mintz's Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (1985).

Product details

• Authors: Carl Plasa, Carl (Centre for Critical & Cultural Theory Plasa
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9781846317491
• ISBN: 978-1-84631-749-1
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery; Liverpool Studies in Internati; Liverpool Studies in International Slavery; Liverpool Studies in Internati
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies