Violence in Caribbean Literature Stories of Stones and Blood [Hardcover]

Violence in Caribbean Literature provides an important and much needed contribution to the corpus of literary studies of Caribbean literature. . . .[It] represents a laudable and welcome addition to this much needed scholarly enterprise.Violence in Caribbean Literature successfully combines original textual analysis with well-documented contextual explanations. As such, it is likely to appeal to specialists of Caribbean literature as well as to newcomers to the field and will most certainly enhance or facilitate their understanding of a cultural area whose foundational ambivalence can render it elusive.Using theoretical framework from cultural and literary studies, V?ronique Maisiers Violence in Caribbean Literature: Stories of Stones and Blood analyzes the representation of epistemic violence whether it be colonial, cultural, psychological, and physical in Caribbean Francophone and Anglophone literature. This book offers insights into the complexities resulting from the legacy of colonial violence and its disastrous effects on people who share a history of slavery and colonialism. It should be useful to scholars in literature, postcolonial, Anglophone, and Francophone studies.This book uses the scene of the throwing of a stone found in five Caribbean novels as a starting point to an examination of the turmoil of history in the Caribbean, the colonial education imposed on native populations, the gendered relations that exist today in the region, and the psychological impact of colonization on Caribbean minds.Violence in Caribbean Literature: Stories of Stones and Blood, this book looks at the scene of the throwing of a stone found in five novels, and uses it as a starting point to an examination of the turmoil of history in the Caribbean, the colonial education imposed on Caribbean populations, the gendered relations that exist today in the Caribbean region, the political status and aspirations of Caribbean nations, and the psychological impact of colonization on Clc0