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Book SynopsisIn this study of Haitian women's literature, the author explores their history, traditions, stories and tales. The authors' unwillingness to subordinate to narratives of national autonomy, issues of race, class, colour, caste and sexuality are central to the fiction.
Trade Review"A riveting, insightful personal narrative, a confessional that is very thoroughly researched. It will open windows on the rich, complex culture of Haiti, both historical and contemporary." -- Moira Ferguson * James E. Ryan Chair in English and Women's Literature, University of Nebraska *
"A very insightful and brilliantly executed reading of novels by Haitian women." -- Selwyn Cudjoe * Marion Butler McLean Professor of the History of Ideas, Wellesley College *
"A major new work in Caribbean studies." -- Gay Wilentz * East Carolina University *
"A riveting, insightful personal narrative, a confessional that is very thoroughly researched. It will open windows on the rich, complex culture of Haiti, both historical and contemporary." -- Moira Ferguson * James E. Ryan Chair in English and Women's Literature, University of Nebraska *
"A very insightful and brilliantly executed reading of novels by Haitian women." -- Selwyn Cudjoe * Marion Butler McLean Professor of the History of Ideas, Wellesley College *
"A major new work in Caribbean studies." -- Gay Wilentz * East Carolina University *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: paròl gin piè
zèl
Nou là!: Haitian feminism as the crossroads politics of theory and action
Ayiti c̦é tè glissé: The U.S. occupation of Haiti and the emergence of Haitian women's literary voices
Si-m di ou, oua konn pasé-m: Ghislaine Charlier and Jan J. Dominique frame the unmasterable, memoried past
Léspoua fè viv: female identity and the politics of textual sexuality in Nadine Magloire's "Le mal de vivre" and Edwidge Danticat's "Breath, eyes, memory"
Malè pa gin klaksonn: the politics of culturelacune in the works of Marie Chauvet and Anne-christine d'Adesky
Conclusion: jou va, jou vien-m'pa di passć̦a
