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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Griffith, Glyne A. Deconstruction imperialism and the West Indian novel. Kingston, Jamaica : Press University of the West Indies, 1996 (OCoLC)607290345 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Glyne A Griffith |
| ISBN: | 9766400121 9789766400125 |
| OCLC Number: | 34657550 |
| Notes: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, 1993) |
| Description: | xxiii, 147 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Metaphysics and the other: Eurocentricity and its contradictions : George Lamming and Season of adventure -- Literacy, orality and other false dichotomies -- Differance, orientalism and the politics of the oral/scribal divide -- Edward Kamau Brathwaite and nation language -- Discourse and the West Indian novel: imperialist stereotypes and West Indian narrative : H. G. DeLisser and Jane's career -- Imperialist ideology and language -- Hobson, Hegel and imperialist stereotypes -- Power, discourse and selfhood -- C.L.R. James and the "heart" of Minty Alley -- George Lamming and In the castle of my skin -- Prospero, Caliban and the possibility of dialogue -- Metaphysics and materialism : Wilson Harris and V.S. Naipaul -- Narrative strategies and the construction of selfhood: Roger Mais and John Hearne -- Deconstructing stereotypes: Jean Rhys and Earl Lovelace. |
| Responsibility: | Glyne A. Griffith. |
Abstract:
For review see: Sue N. Greene, in New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol 71, no. 1 & 2 (1997); p. 160-163.
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