Calypso Jews : Jewishness in the Caribbean literary imagination / Sarah Phillips Casteel.
Published / Created:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Physical Description:
xi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Sephardism in Caribbean literature: Derek Walcott's Pissarro -- Marranism and Creolization: Myriam Chancy and Michelle Cliff -- Port Jews in slavery fiction: Maryse Condé and David Dabydeen -- Plantation Jews in slavery fiction: Cynthia McLeod's Jodensavanne -- Calypso Jews: John Hearne and Jamaica Kincaid -- Between camps: M. Nourbese Philip and Michèle Maillet -- Writing under the sign of Anne Frank: Michelle Cliff and Caryl Phillips.
Subject Terms:
Caribbean literature (English) -- History and criticism. | Caribbean literature (French) -- History and criticism. | Jews in literature. | Jews -- Caribbean Area -- Identity. | Caribbean literature (English) | Caribbean literature (French) | Jews -- Identity. | Jews in literature. | Caribbean Area.