Haiti Unbound : : A Spiralist Challenge to the Postcolonial Canon.

Historically and contemporarily, politically and literarily, Haiti has long been relegated to the margins of the so-called 'New World.' Marked by exceptionalism, the voices of some of its most important writers have consequently been muted by the geopolitical realities of the nation's...

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Superior document:Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Series ; v.15
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Place / Publishing House:Liverpool : : Liverpool University Press,, 2011.
©2011.
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (283 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Part I Introduction The Consequences of Ex-Centricity
  • Part II Shifty/Shifting Characters
  • 1. Beings Without Borders
  • 2. Zombies Become Warriors
  • 3. Productive Schizophrenia
  • Part III Space-Time of the Spiral
  • 4. Haiti Unbound?
  • 5. Present-ing the Past
  • 6. Haiti in the Whirl/World
  • Part IV Showing vs. Telling
  • 7. The Stylistics of Possession
  • 8. Framing the Folk
  • 9. Schizophonic Solutions
  • Part V Conclusions
  • Works Cited
  • Index.