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Comrade sister : Caribbean feminist revisions of the Grenada Revolution /

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"Comrade Sister looks at the literature of the Grenada Revolution (1979-1983) and that island revolution's relationship to gender and sexuality. Lambert looks at work by writers such as Merle Collins, Dionne Brand, George Lamming, Andrew Salkey, and Derek Walcott to consider Caribbean wome...

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Main Author: Lambert, Laurie R., 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2020.
Series:New World studies.
Subjects:
Grenadian literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Grenadian literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Grenada > History > Coup d'état, 1979 > Influence.
Grenadian literature.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Grenada.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: (En)Gendering Revolution
  • Generational Ties, Revolutionary Binds: Family as Archive in the Writing of Merle Collins
  • After the Invasion: Masculine Authority and the Anxiety of Revolution
  • Comrade, Sister, Lover: Dionne Brand and the Limits of Radical Movements
  • Legacies of Mercy: Neoliberalism and the Disavowal of Revolution
  • Conclusion: In Search of Our Mothers' Revolutions.