Édouard Glissant : a poetics of shorelines

Titre: Édouard Glissant : a poetics of shorelines; Journal of the Twentieth-Century/Contemporary French Studies
Titre du volume: 2
Volume: 7
Date: 2003
Langue(s): Anglais
Issn: 10260218
Résumé: Explores the validity of the theoretical context about open and tolerant French Caribbean cultural identities in the poetic work of poet Edouard Glissant considering the various metaphors of hybridity in several books of poetry. Overview of the theory of composite and hybrid cultures as advanced by Glissant; Account of Glissant's poetic work as an attempt to de-center the notions of linguistic purity and cultural homogeneity; Highlights of the poetic collection published in 1991 "Fastes" that demonstrates the richness and diversity of the Caribbean identity.
Creator: François Paré
Subject: ETHNOLOGY; FASTES (Book); FRANCE; FRENCH people; GLISSANT, Edouard, 1928-2011; POETS; WEST Indians; WEST Indies; nettoyé
pages: 267-276
short title: Journal of the Twentieth-Century/Contemporary French Studies
doi: 10.1080/1026021032000111550
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