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Swinging Her Breasts at History
This innovative collection of scholarly essays addresses crucial questions such as "How is Caribbean women's literature remembering a history characterized by trauma, dislocation, and loss?
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This innovative collection of scholarly essays addresses crucial questions such as "How is Caribbean women's literature remembering a history characterized by trauma, dislocation, and loss? and "What are the meanings of literary silences and how might such meanings be read? Scholars from around the world provide a vibrant, informed range of approaches to writing published variously in English, Spanish, French, and Creole. The contributors include Begonia Vilouta-Vazquez, Celia Burgess-Macey, Maria Helena Lima, Jane Desmaris, Allison Francis-Brockert, Maria Cristina Fumagalli, Laura Durden, Kristyn Jane Saunders, Odile Ferly, Gema S. Castillo Garcia, Marjorie Brooks-Jones, Denise DeCaires Narain, Jean Andrews, Sue Thomas, Moira Inghilleri, Joan Anim-Addo, Betty E. Wilson, Velma Pollard, Sandra Campos, Gillian Kathryn Smith, Vivien Golding, Beryl Gilroy, Felix Kindelan Delis, and Paula Morgan.
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