The tears of Hispaniola : Haitian and Dominican diaspora memory

The tears of Hispaniola : Haitian and Dominican diaspora memory / Lucía M. Suárez.

"The Tears of Hispaniola explores the ways in which Haitian and Dominican autobiography and fiction serve as public record - documenting violence, terror, memory, and human rights violations on the island of Hispaniola, home to two nations: Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The book explores th...

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Main Author: Suárez, Lucía M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2006]
Series:New World diasporas series.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1990-2000
Caribbean fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Haitian fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Dominican fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
18.06 Anglo-American literature.
Caribbean fiction
Dominican fiction
Haitian fiction
Autobiografische Literatur
American.
Immigrants.
Literature.
Haïtianen.
Selbstbiographie.
Literatur.
Englisch.
Französisch.
Spanisch.
Dominikanische Republik
Haiti
Caribbean region.
Karibik.
Haiti.
Dominikanische Republik.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • The tears of Hispaniola
  • Meanings of memory: a literary intervention to confront persistent violence
  • What happens when memory hurts? The haunting of rape
  • Exposing invisibility: Drown
  • Modes of memory: the Restavèk condition and Jean-Robert Cadet's story
  • Mapping home: inaccessible memories
  • Present memories.

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