Title: The caribbean novel since 1945
Description: Summary:The Caribbean Novel Since 1945 offers a comparative analysis of fiction from across the pan-Caribbean, exploring the relationship between literary form, cultural practice, and the nation-state. Engaging with the historical and political impact of capitalist imperialism, decolonization, class struggle, ethnic conflict, and gender relations, it considers the ways in which Caribbean authors have sought to rethink and re-narrate the traumatic past and often problematic 'postcolonial' present of the region's peoples. It pays particular attention to the role cultural practices such as stickfighting
Subjects: Caribbean fiction, History and criticism, Postmodernism in literature, Civilization, Caribbean literature, history and criticism, Postmodernism (Literature), Caribbean area, social life and customs
Places: Caribbean Area