Ancestral voices, healing narratives: female ghosts in contemporary US and Caribbean fiction
"This book examines four contemporary novels from the US and the Caribbean in which female ghosts recover memory and fill the gaps of official history. The author contends that these female ghosts resist and subvert official narratives, inspiring female creativity as an alternative to monologic...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lanham Boulder New York London
Lexington Books
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Reading trauma and memory
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| Further subjects: | B
Condé, Maryse Victoire, les saveurs et les mots
B Brodber, Erna Louisiana B Cisneros, Sandra Caramelo B Collective memory in literature B Valdés, Zoé (1959-) Te di la vida entera B Ghosts in literature B Literary Criticism B Women in literature |
| Summary: | "This book examines four contemporary novels from the US and the Caribbean in which female ghosts recover memory and fill the gaps of official history. The author contends that these female ghosts resist and subvert official narratives, inspiring female creativity as an alternative to monological historical discourse"-- |
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| Item Description: | Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral)--Louisiana State University, 2017 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | x, 119 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-6669-0964-7 |
