Idle Talk, Deadly Talk : : The Uses of Gossip in Caribbean Literature / / Ana Rodríguez Navas.
The first book-length study of gossip's place in the literature of the multilingual Caribbean reveals gossip to be a utilitarian and deeply political practice-a means of staging the narrative tensions, and waging the narrative battles, that mark Caribbean politics and culture. Revising the over...
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| Superior document: | New World Studies |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Charlottesville, Virginia : : University of Virginia Press,, [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New World studies.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: gossip's embattlements
- "A mouthful of dynamite": gossip and the failure of community
- "Parallel versions": gossip, investigation, and identity
- "An international scandal": gossip, dissent, and the public sphere
- "Paginas en blanco": the legacy of the Caribbean gossip state
- Conclusion: radical gossip.