Afro-Caribbean poetry and ritual
By: Paul A. Griffith.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230623644
Subjects: Caribbean poetry (English) -- Black authors -- History and criticism; Caribbean poetry (English) -- History and criticism; Ritual in literature; Caribbean Area -- In literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The limbo: ritual re-entry into history; title: Shipwrecked in the Middle Passage: limbo as agon of soul; title: Folk masques: ritualizing time and space; title: Mythic voices: art as the inheritance of responsibility; title: Lullabies and children's games: word as genesis of spirit; title: Spiritual adventure through song; title: Tales and fables: charting the interstice.