Research Catalog

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Description

1. x, 293 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

1. "A study of gossip's place in the literature of the multilingual Caribbean. Studying recent Hispanic Caribbean texts alongside diasporic literature and works from the region's Francophone and Anglophone traditions, Rodriguez Navas argues that the study of gossip, and especially of its hitherto unremarked status as an essentially adversarial practice, offers an important new perspective on the literature, culture, and power dynamics of the Caribbean region"--

Series statement

1. New World studies

Uniform title

1. New World studies.

Subject

1. Caribbean literature
2. Gossip in literature
3. Caribbean literature > History and criticism
4. Criticism, interpretation, etc

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Introduction: gossip's embattlements -- "A mouthful of dynamite": gossip and the failure of community -- "Parallel versions": gossip, investigation, and identity -- "An international scandal": gossip, dissent, and the public sphere -- "Paginas en blanco": the legacy of the Caribbean gossip state -- Conclusion: radical gossip.

Call number

1. Sc E 19-139

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Rodríguez Navas, Ana Belén, 1977- author.

Title

1. Idle talk, deadly talk : the uses of gossip in Caribbean literature / Ana Rodríguez Navas.

Publisher

1. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2018.

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. New World studies
2. New World studies.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

LCCN

1. 2018041468

ISBN

1. 9780813941622 (paperback alkaline paper)
2. 0813941628 (paperback alkaline paper)
3. 9780813941615 (hardcover alkaline paper)
4. 081394161X (hardcover alkaline paper)

Research call number

1. Sc E 19-139