The Cultural Politics of Sugar: Caribbean Slavery and Narratives of Colonialism

by Keith A. Sandiford

Book Overview

Keith Sandiford's study examines the importance of sugar as a central metaphor in the work of six influential authors of the colonial West Indies. Sugar, he argues, became a focus for cultural desires as well as a hard fact of the Caribbean's political economy. Sandiford defines this metaphorical turn as a trope of negotiation that organizes the structure and content of the narratives. Based on extensive historical knowledge of the period and recent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521645395
• ISBN13: 9780521645393
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"