Hunger and Irony in the French Caribbean : Literature, Theory, and Public Life
1st ed. 2016
by
Nicole Simek
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
New Caribbean Studies
ISBN-10
1137559918
ISBN-13
9781137559913
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 15th, 2016
Print length
201 Pages
Weight
404 grams
Dimensions
22.00 x 24.20 x 1.80 cms
Ksh 14,200.00
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If hunger gives irony purchase by anchoring it in particular historical and material conditions, irony also gives a literature and politics of hunger a means for moving beyond a given situation, for pushing through the inertias of history and culture.
Through a series of case studies spanning the bounds of literature, photography, essay, and manifesto, this book examines the ways in which literary texts do theoretical, ethical, and political work. Nicole Simek approaches the relationship between literature, theory, and public life through a specific site, the French Antillean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, and focuses on two mutually elucidating terms: hunger and irony. Reading these concepts together helps elucidate irony''s creative potential and limits. If hunger gives irony purchase by anchoring it in particular historical and material conditions, irony also gives a literature and politics of hunger a means for moving beyond a given situation, for pushing through the inertias of history and culture.
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