Race, Tradition, and the Construction of the Caribbean Aesthetic

Race, Tradition, and the Construction of the Caribbean Aesthetic

Caribbean aesthetics, which are grounded in Pan-Africanist politics, are discussed. Competing ideological concepts of essential blackness are disentangled from various theories of West Indianness.

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Veröffentlicht in:New literary history 1994-01, Vol.25 (1), p.109-120
1. Verfasser: Edmondson, Belinda
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aesthetics
African culture
Blackness studies
Creoles
English speaking literatures
French speaking and English speaking literatures
General points
History
History and sciences of litterature
History of literature
Ideology
Indian culture
Indian literature
Literary criticism
Literary history
Novelists
Philippine islands
Political discourse
Politics
Race
White people
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Zusammenfassung:Caribbean aesthetics, which are grounded in Pan-Africanist politics, are discussed. Competing ideological concepts of essential blackness are disentangled from various theories of West Indianness.
ISSN:0028-6087
1080-661X
DOI:10.2307/469443