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Signs of Dissent: Maryse Conde and Postcolonial Criticism (New World Studies)
Dawn Fulton
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Description for Signs of Dissent: Maryse Conde and Postcolonial Criticism (New World Studies)
Hardcover. Staging a dialogue between Maryse Conde's novels and the field of postcolonial studies, this work argues that Conde enacts a strategy of "critical incorporations" in her fiction, imitating and transforming many of the prevailing narratives of postcolonial theory so as to explore their theoretical and conceptual limits. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Maryse Conde is a Guadeloupean writer and critic whose work has challenged the categories of race, language, gender, and geography that inform contemporary literary and critical debates. In Signs of Dissent , the first full-length study in English on Conde, Dawn Fulton situates this award-winning author's work in the context of current theories of cultural identity in order to foreground Conde's unique contributions to these discussions. Staging a dialogue between Conde's novels and the field of postcolonial studies, Fulton argues that Conde enacts a strategy of critical incorporations in her fiction, imitating and ... Read more
Maryse Conde is a Guadeloupean writer and critic whose work has challenged the categories of race, language, gender, and geography that inform contemporary literary and critical debates. In Signs of Dissent , the first full-length study in English on Conde, Dawn Fulton situates this award-winning author's work in the context of current theories of cultural identity in order to foreground Conde's unique contributions to these discussions. Staging a dialogue between Conde's novels and the field of postcolonial studies, Fulton argues that Conde enacts a strategy of critical incorporations in her fiction, imitating and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
New World Studies
Condition
New
Weight
430g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813927145
SKU
V9780813927145
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About Dawn Fulton
Dawn Fulton is Associate Professor in the Department of French Studies at Smith College. Her articles on the literature of the francophone Caribbean have appeared in Romantic Review and French Forum.
Reviews for Signs of Dissent: Maryse Conde and Postcolonial Criticism (New World Studies)
A thorough and careful study of Maryse Conde's complete fictional ouevre to date, and the first monograph to be devoted entirely to this important and provcative Caribbean author.
Ronnie Scharfman, Professor of French and Literature, Purchase College, SUNY
Ronnie Scharfman, Professor of French and Literature, Purchase College, SUNY