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Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam : Short Stories by Caribbean Women by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (1991, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRutgers University Press

ISBN-100813517389

ISBN-139780813517384

eBay Product ID (ePID)927726

Product Key Features

Book TitleGreen Cane and Juicy Flotsam : Short Stories by Caribbean Women

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCaribbean & Latin American, Short Stories (Single Author), Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Women's Studies

Publication Year1991

GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction, Social Science, Literary Collections

AuthorLizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight12.2 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN91-004788

ReviewsThe panorama of insights and visions is vast... the context of women's writings is a broadening link, connecting these writers with their counterparts in other cultures around the world.

Table Of ContentIntroduction Acknowledgments Tetiyette and the Devil / Anonymous Little Cog-burt / Phyllis Shand Allfrey Cotton Candy / Dora Alonso See Me in Me Benz An T'ing: Like the Lady Who Lived on That Isle Remote / Hazel D. Campbell They Called Her Aurora (A Passion for Donna Summer) / Aida Cartagena Portalatin Columba / Michelle Cliff A Pottage of Lentils / Marie-Therese Colimon-Hall Three Women in Manhattan / Maryse Conde Hair / Hilma Contreras Piano-Bar / Liliane Devieux Barred: Trinidad 1987 / Ramabai Espinet The Poisoned Story / Rosario Ferre Cocuyo Flower / Magali Garcia Ramis How to Gather the Shadows of the Flowers / Angela Hernandez Opera Station. Six in the Evening. For Months... / Jeanne Hyvrard Girl / Jamaica Kincaid No Dust Is Allowed in This House / Olga Nolla Widow's Walk / Opal Palmer Adisa Parable II / Velma Pollard Red Flower / Paulette Poujol-Oriol The Day They Burned the Books / Jean Rhys Lola or the Song of Spring / Astrid Roemer Brights Thursdays / Olive Senior ADJ, Inc. / Ana Lydia Vega Of Nuns and Punishments / Bea Vianen Passport to Paradise / Myriam Warner-Vieyra Of Natural Causes / Mirta Yanez Selected Bibliography / Olga Torres-Seda

SynopsisThis collection of short stories features moving tales from the rich Caribbean oral tradition, stories that question women's traditional roles, present women's perspectives on the history of Caribbean slavery and colonialism, and convey the beautiful cadences of the language of Caribbean women. It offers the general reader a broad selection of the themes, styles, and techniques characteristic of contemporary women's fiction in the Caribbean. There are twenty-seven enjoyable and vibrant tales in this anthology, some of them originally written in English, others in French, Dutch, and Spanish. There are writers from Guadeloupe, Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Antigua, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Surinam. Along with stories by well-known writers such as Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, Michelle Cliff, Maryse Conde, and Rosario Ferre, the anthology also includes first-rate stories by lesser-known but equally talented writers. The collection also contains a critical introduction, biographical notes, and a bibliography., Perhaps the most salient feature of the stories collected here is their presentation of the multiplicity of voices of Caribbean women: Parable II, No Dust is Allowed in This House, of Nuns and Punishment, Reminds us of the accomplishments of Caribbean women and promise of their writing., "Unique . . . a wonderful collection that will receive much attention." --Barbara Christian, University of California at Berkeley "The panorama of insights and visions is vast . . . the context of women's writings is a broadening link, connecting these writers with their contemporaries in other cultures around the world." --Gregory Rabassa "Provides wonderful insights into writing by women from the Caribbean." --J. Michael Dash, The University of the West Indies This collection of short stories features moving tales from the rich Caribbean oral tradition, stories that question women's traditional roles, present women's perspectives on the history of Caribbean slavery and colonialism, and convey the beautiful cadences of the language of Caribbean women. It offers the general reader a broad selection of the themes, styles, and techniques characteristic of contemporary women's fiction in the Caribbean. There are twenty-seven enjoyable and vibrant tales in this anthology, some of them originally written in English, others in French, Dutch, and Spanish. There are writers from Guadeloupe, Dominica, Jamaica, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Antigua, Haiti, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Surinam. Along with stories by well-known writers such as Jean Rhys, Jamaica Kincaid, Michelle Cliff, Maryse Conde, and Rosario Ferre, the anthology also includes first-rate stories by lesser-known but equally talented writers. The collection also contains a critical introduction, biographical notes, and a bibliography. Carmen C. Esteves is assistant professor in the department of Romance languages at Lehman College-CUNY. She has translated into English works by Latin American women such as Magali Garcia Ramis and Elena Poniatowska. Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert is associate professor of Puerto Rican studies at Lehman College-CUNY. She has published many articles on Caribbean writers, and has translated many works into English, including Love (Amour) by the Haitian writer Marie Chauvet.

LC Classification NumberPN849