Crossroads of Colonial Cultures: Caribbean Literatures in the Age of Revolution

by Gesine Müller

The study examines cultural effects of various colonial systems of government in the Spanish- and French-speaking Caribbean in a little investigated period of transition: from the French Revolution to the abolition of slavery in Cuba (1789-1886). The comparison of cultural transfer processes by means of literary production from and about the Caribbean, embedded in a broader context of the circulation of culture and knowledge deciphers the different...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110495007
• ISBN13: 9783110495003
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 367 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary