Defining Jamaican Fiction: Marronage and the Discourse of Survival
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Marronage--the process of flight by slaves from servitude to establish their own hegemonies in inhospitable or wild territories---had its beginnings in the early 1500s in Hispaniola, the first European settlement in the New World. As fictional personae the maroons continue to weave in and out of oral and literary tales as central and ancient characters of Jamaica's heritage. Attributes of the maroon character surface in other character types that crowd Jamaica's literary history--resentful strangers, travelers, and fugitives; desperate misfits and strays; recluses, rejects, wild men, outcasts; and rebels in physical and psychological wildernesses. Defining Jamaican Fiction focuses on the place of Jamaican fiction in the larger regional literature, on its essential themes, and on the strategies of discourse for conveying these themes.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0817307826
ISBN13:9780817307820
Release Date:June 1996
Publisher:University Alabama Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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