Title: Sexual Feelings
Description: The present book offers a reader-theoretical model for approaching anglophone Caribbean women's writing through affects, emotions, and feelings related to sexuality, a prominent theme in the literary tradition. How does an affective framework help us read this tradition of writing that is so preoccupied with sexual feelings? The novelists discussed in the book - chiefly Erna Brodber, Opal Palmer Adisa, Edwidge Danticat, Shani Mootoo, and Oonya Kempadoo - are representative of various anglophone Caribbean island cultures and English-speaking backƠgrounds. The study makes astute use of the theor.
Subjects: West Indian literature (English), History and criticism, Women authors, Sex in literature, Caribbean literature (English), Lukeminen, Reseptioestetiikka, Seksuaalisuus, Tunteet, Emotionaalisuus, Naiset, Kirjailijat, Naiskirjallisuus, Englanninkielinen kirjallisuus