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Author:   Lucy Evans (University of Leicester)
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Liverpool University Press
Volume:   16
ISBN:  

9781800348851

ISBN 10:   1800348851
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   05 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1: Rural Communities Olive Senior, Earl Lovelace and the short story form Village communities in Olive Senior’s Summer Lightning and Other Stories From country to city in Earl Lovelace’s A Brief Conversion and Other Stories 2: Urban Communities Downtown worlds Uptown worlds Writing Kingston in Kwame Dawes’ A Place to Hide and Other Stories and Alecia McKenzie’s Satellite City and Other Stories 3: National Communities Fugal voices in Lawrence Scott’s Witchbroom The journey upriver in Mark McWatt’s Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement 4: Global Communities The diasporic family in Dionne Brand’s At the Full and Change of the Moon Mobile readerships in Robert Antoni’s My Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales Conclusion Appendices I: St Jerome in his Study II: At the Full and Change of the Moon family tree III: My Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales front cover image Bibliography Index

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'Evans's analysis shows both tensions and connections between literary and anthropological representations in the examined texts, her discussion of 'creolization' demonstrates how her selected texts negotiate differences beyond two apparently incompatible positions of either a focus on common values in a unifying society or the play of differences in a plural society.' Melanie A. Murray, Journal of Postcolonial Writing Reviews 'Communities is thoroughly researched and well argued throughout. It benefits from extensive fieldwork and interviews with authors and best serves as a primer for students of Caribbean short fiction, and an introduction to Caribbean interdisciplinary studies.' Janelle Rodriques, New West Indian Guide

Reviews 'Communities is thoroughly researched and well argued throughout. It benefits from extensive fieldwork and interviews with authors and best serves as a primer for students of Caribbean short fiction, and an introduction to Caribbean interdisciplinary studies.' Janelle Rodriques, New West Indian Guide 'Evans's analysis shows both tensions and connections between literary and anthropological representations in the examined texts, her discussion of 'creolization' demonstrates how her selected texts negotiate differences beyond two apparently incompatible positions of either a focus on common values in a unifying society or the play of differences in a plural society.' Melanie A. Murray, Journal of Postcolonial Writing

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Dr Lucy Evans is Lecturer in Postcolonial Literature in the School of English, University of Leicester.

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