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Caribbean genesis : Jamaica Kincaid and the writing of new worlds  Cover Image Book Book

Caribbean genesis : Jamaica Kincaid and the writing of new worlds / Jana Evans Braziel.

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  • ISBN: 0791476537 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780791476536 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9780791476543
  • Physical Description: viii, 237 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-231) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Caribbean genesis, alterbiography, and the writing of new worlds -- Alterrains of "blackness" in At the bottom of the river -- Jablesse, obeah, and Caribbean cosmogonies in At the bottom of the river -- The diabolic as diasporic in Annie John and Lucy -- Genre, genealogy, and genocide in The autobiography of my mother -- Death and the biographical autograph in My brother -- Genre, genealogy, and genesis in Mr. Potter.
Subject: Kincaid, Jamaica > Criticism and interpretation.

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