Idle Talk, Deadly Talk The Uses of Gossip in Caribbean Literature
The first book-length study of gossip's place in the literature of the multilingual Caribbean reveals gossip to be a utilitarian and deeply political practice-a means of staging the narrative tensions, and waging the narrative battles, that mark Caribbean politics and culture. Revising the over...
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| Formato: | Electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville, Virginia :
University of Virginia Press
[2018]
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| Colección: | New World studies.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009653830206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: gossip's embattlements
- "A mouthful of dynamite": gossip and the failure of community
- "Parallel versions": gossip, investigation, and identity
- "An international scandal": gossip, dissent, and the public sphere
- "Paginas en blanco": the legacy of the Caribbean gossip state
- Conclusion: radical gossip.
