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Market Aesthetics: The Purchase of the Past in Caribbean Diasporic Fiction

By Elena Machado Saez

Book information

Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Year
2015
ISBN
0813937043, 9780813937045
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2266947 bytes)
Series
New World Studies
Pages
264\265
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-08-03 21:17:43
Caribbean Latin American Regional Cultural History

Description

In Market Aesthetics, Elena Machado Sáez explores the popularity of Caribbean diasporic writing within an interdisciplinary, comparative, and pan-ethnic framework. She contests established readings of authors such as Junot Díaz, Julia Alvarez, Edwidge Danticat, and Robert Antoni while showcasing the work of emerging writers such as David Chariandy, Marlon James, and Monique Roffey. By reading these writers as part of a transnational literary trend rather than within isolated national ethnic traditions, the author is able to show how this fiction adopts market aesthetics to engage the mixed blessings of multiculturalism and globalization via the themes of gender and sexuality.New World StudiesModern Language Initiative

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