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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction—The Post-Columbus Syndrome: A Comparative Approach to Caribbean Memory in the Longue Durée
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Post-Columbus Systems of Memory: Recycling Heritage in the Caribbean
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Anamnesis Caribensis: Columbus in 1992
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Conclusion: Toward an Archipelagic Memory
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“In The Post-Columbus Syndrome, Fabienne Viala takes the reader on a tour de force of the Caribbean’s history, politics and art, using the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in the Americas as its focal point of analysis. … The book’s seamless flow through several art forms and genres constitutes one of its greatest merits: the reader engages with Haitian novels, theatre in Martinique, Jamaican dub poetry and performative arts in Puerto Rico, amongst others.” (Jorge Sarasola, OCCT Oxford Comparative Criticism Translation, occt.ox.ac.uk, June, 2018)
"A significant work of comparative Caribbean cultural studies. Fabienne Viala demonstrates an impressive ability to move between different Caribbean contexts to offer insight into the processes of memory and memorialization throughout the region. The Post-Columbus Syndrome is an important contribution to understanding hemispheric culture." - Raphael Dalleo, Associate Professor of English, Florida Atlantic University, USA
"The Post-Columbus Syndrome is a very important book for Caribbean Intellectual History. Within most recent trends in Cultural Studies, Fabienne Viala examines the links between the multiple variants of relevant writings in the region, shifting between non-fiction essays to fiction, including both poetry and narrative. These are studied in their geo-political context, and corresponding cultural policies around the 500th Anniversary of Colombus' 'discovery of the New World.' The book is, thus, valuable not only for its research, arguments, and analysis, but also for its novel approach. I strongly recommend its use for university courses, for academic discussions, and for general readers interested in Caribbean identities." - A.G. Quintero-Rivera, Professor at the Social Science Research Centre, University of Puerto Rico
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Post-Columbus Syndrome
Book Subtitle: Identities, Cultural Nationalism, and Commemorations in the Caribbean
Authors: Fabienne Viala
Series Title: New Caribbean Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137439895
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Fabienne Viala 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-44374-8Published: 17 October 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-49540-5Published: 18 December 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-43989-5Published: 15 October 2014
Series ISSN: 2691-3011
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5196
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 282
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of the Americas, Postcolonial/World Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Latin American Culture, Imperialism and Colonialism