{"product_id":"caribbean-discourse-paperback","title":"Caribbean Discourse: Selected Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdouard Glissant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJ. Michael Dash\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelected essays from the rich and complex collection of Edouard Glissant, one of the most prominent writers and intellectuals of the Caribbean, examine the psychological, sociological, and philosophical implications of cultural dependency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdouard Glissant's Caribbean Discourse is an unflaggingly ambitious attempt to read the Caribbean and the New World experience, not as a response to fixed, univocal meaning imposed by the past, but as an infinitely varied, dauntingly inexhaustible text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdouard Glissant\u003c\/b\u003e, founder of the Institut Martiniquais d'Etudes and the journal \u003ci\u003eAcoma\u003c\/i\u003e, was born in 928 in Sainte-Marie, Martinique. His early education was at the Lycée Schoelcher, where he was greatly influenced by the teaching of Aimé Césaire. In 1946 he left for France on a scholarship. From the 1950s to the 1980s his theory of Caribbeanness evolved as a response to negritude and Afrocentrism. His publications include \u003ci\u003eLa Lézarde\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSoleil de la conscience\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLe quatrième siècle\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMalemort\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMahagony\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMonsieur Toussaint\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eLa case du commandeur. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Michael Dash\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in the Department of French, University of the West Indies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.6 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53053048914144,"sku":"9780813913735","price":59.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/oVOflRVEZo9780813913735.webp?v=1781283733","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/caribbean-discourse-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}