The Ashé-Caribbean literary aesthetic in the Cuban, Colombian, Costa Rican, and Panamanian novel of resistance
- Title
- The Ashé-Caribbean literary aesthetic in the Cuban, Colombian, Costa Rican, and Panamanian novel of resistance / Thomas Wayne Edison.
- Published by
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 297 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book contributes to understanding the important role that African-influenced spiritual cultures play in literature that challenges the concept that European aesthetics are superior to African-inspired cultures"--
- Subject
- 1900-1999
- Caribbean fiction (Spanish) > 20th century > History and criticism
- Caribbean literature > African influences
- Spirituality in literature
- Resistance (Philosophy) in literature
- Caribbean fiction (Spanish)
- Civilization > African influences
- Caribbean Area > Civilization > African influences
- Caribbean Area
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Contents
- (De)constructing the darker image of Africa -- El reino de este mundo : the first Ashé-Cuban novel of resistance -- Quince Duncan and La paz del pueblo -- Cubena and Los nietos de Felicidad Dolores -- Manuel Zapara Olivella and Changó: el gran putas.
- Call number
- Sc E 21-842
- Note
- This book is a substantial reworking of the author's dissertation titled The Afro-Caribbean Novel of Resistance: African Ontology in the Works of Alejo Carpentier, Quince Duncan, Carlos Guillermo Wilson, and Manuel Zapata Olivella.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Author
- Edison, Thomas Wayne, 1963- author.
- Title
- The Ashé-Caribbean literary aesthetic in the Cuban, Colombian, Costa Rican, and Panamanian novel of resistance / Thomas Wayne Edison.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE.
- Chronological term
- 1900-1999
- Local subject
- Black author.
- LCCN
- 2020032820
- ISBN
- 9781498597470 hardcover ; alkaline paper
- 1498597475 hardcover ; alkaline paper
- Research call number
- Sc E 21-842