Tropicopolitans - Aravamudan, Srinivas
36,99 €
inkl. MwSt.
Versandkostenfrei*
Versandfertig in über 4 Wochen
  • Broschiertes Buch

""Tropicopolitans" might initiate a school of "tropicalization" studies. In the emerging field of what we have learned to name Black Atlantic writing, Aravamudan has made substantial contributions in his chapters on Equiano and Toussaint Louverture, in which each figure is richly, contextually read. The wrenching from a Euro-Christian framework into a tropicalizing one opens up these figures to new critical investigations instead of merely freezing their heroic status for all time. Aravamudan's book should go some way toward helping us maintain our vigil against premature orthodoxies."--Donna…mehr

Andere Kunden interessierten sich auch für
Produktbeschreibung
""Tropicopolitans" might initiate a school of "tropicalization" studies. In the emerging field of what we have learned to name Black Atlantic writing, Aravamudan has made substantial contributions in his chapters on Equiano and Toussaint Louverture, in which each figure is richly, contextually read. The wrenching from a Euro-Christian framework into a tropicalizing one opens up these figures to new critical investigations instead of merely freezing their heroic status for all time. Aravamudan's book should go some way toward helping us maintain our vigil against premature orthodoxies."--Donna Landry, author of "The Muses of Resistance: Laboring Class Women's Poetry in Britain, 1739-1796"
Autorenporträt
Srinivas Aravamudan