"Colón man a come" : mythographies of Panamá Canal migration /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Frederick, Rhonda D., 1965-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2005]
Series:	Caribbean studies (Lanham, Md.)
Subjects:	Panama Railroad Co. > History. West Indian literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Foreign workers in literature. West Indians in literature. Foreign workers, West Indian > Panama > History. West Indians > Panama > History. Aliens > Panama > History. Panama > In literature. Panama Canal (Panama) > History.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

History/histories/stories : narrating the Panamá Canal and Colón men
"The money was paid small, but we live big" : epistolary narratives of the Panamá Canal
"Colón man a come" : isthmian migrants in The harder they come and In the castle of my skin
"With him watch chain/a knock him belly" : migration, masculinity, and the Colón man in Banana bottom, "Window," and Tropic death
Out of one, many people : disorderly narrations and the Colón man in Maryse Condé's Tree of life : a novel of the Caribbean
Conclusion : Panamá woman a come.