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Author:   Jak Peake
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   5
ISBN:  

9781781382882

ISBN 10:   1781382883
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   19 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction A Geographic Reading of Trinidad’s West Tracing a Caribbean Literary Past and the Role of the Local Decoupling the Literary Map from the Modern State Beyond Sugar: Remapping Trinidad’s Literary History Chapter 1 Traversing Trinidad’s Wild West (1783-1907) Charting the Terrain: Three Maps Mapping the Conquest and the Myth of Terra Cognita Uncultivated Lands and Wild Frontiers Conquistadors of Sense and Sensibilities The Wandering, Innocent Eye/I in the Tropical Picturesque Pirates, Revolution and Creole Consciousness Chapter 2 Peeping Through the Partition (1927-1936) Modernist Visions, Porous Barrack-Yard Boundaries Privacy, Private Property and Rent The Gynocentric Yard Dangerous Transgressions Resisting Patriarchy and Colonialism Chapter 3 Dark Thresholds in the Colonial House (1934) Setting Boundaries, Crossing Borders Policing the Perimeter Playing House in the Community Chapter 4 Challenge from the South (1935-45) Oil, Possession, Labour and the Yankee Dollar Oil Possession Labour The Yankee Dollar Chapter 5 The Sub-Urban Expansion (1940s-50s) Views of the Port, City and Country Waterside Relations: the Port, Saga and Steelband Myths of City and Country Chapter 6 From the Grassroots to Woodford Square (1962-2010) Community, Nationhood and the Politics of the Location From the University of Woodfood Square to the People’s Parliament Conclusion Bibliography

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Jak Peake is a Fulbright scholar and lecturer in American literature in the Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies at the University of Essex. He was a member of the American Tropics research project based at Essex and funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council.

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