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C. L. R. James and Creolization: Circles of Influence

Autor Nicole King
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2007
C. L. R. James (1901-1989), one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century, expressed his postcolonial and socialist philosophies in fiction, speeches, essays, and book-length scholarly discourses. However, the majority of academic attention given to James keeps the diverse mediums of James's writing separate, focuses on his work as a political theorist, and subordinates his role as a fiction writer.pThis book, however, seeks to change such an approach to studying James. Defining creolization as a process by which European, African, Amerindian, Asian, and American cultures are amalgamated to form new hybrid identities and cultures, Nicole King uses this process as a means to understanding James's work and life. She argues that, throughout his career, whether writing a short story or a political history, James articulated his attempt to produce revolutionary, radical discourses with a consistent methodology.pJames, a Trinidad-born scholar who migrated to England an
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781934110492
ISBN-10: 1934110493
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: University Press of Mississippi
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Nicole King is an associate professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego. She has been published in Soundings and the book Minds, Bodies, Blackness.