{"product_id":"creole-renegades-rhetoric-of-betrayal-and-guilt-in-the-caribbean-diaspora-9780813068794","title":"Creole Renegades: Rhetoric of Betrayal and Guilt in the Caribbean Diaspora","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaribbean Philosophical Association Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén\u003cbr\u003eBatista Outstanding Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCaribbean Studies Association Barbara T.\u003cbr\u003eChristian Literary Award, Honorable Mention\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCreole Renegades\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003eBénédicte Boisseron looks at exiled Caribbean authors--Edwidge Danticat, Jamaica\u003cbr\u003eKincaid, V. S. Naipaul, Maryse Condé, Dany Laferriére, and more--whose works\u003cbr\u003ehave been well received in their adopted North American countries but who are\u003cbr\u003eoften viewed by their home islands as sell-outs, opportunists, or traitors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese\u003cbr\u003eexpatriate and second-generation authors refuse to be simple bearers of\u003cbr\u003eCaribbean culture, often dramatically distancing themselves from the\u003cbr\u003epostcolonial archipelago. Their writing is frequently infused with an enticing\u003cbr\u003esense of cultural, sexual, or racial emancipation, but their deviance is not\u003cbr\u003edefiant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderscoring\u003cbr\u003ethe typically ignored contentious relationship between modern diaspora authors\u003cbr\u003eand the Caribbean, Boisseron ultimately argues that displacement and creative\u003cbr\u003eautonomy are often manifest in guilt and betrayal, central themes that emerge\u003cbr\u003eagain and again in the work of these writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining\u003cbr\u003ethe Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National\u003cbr\u003eEndowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bénédicte Boisseron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813068794","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383869436041,"sku":"9780813068794","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3971045e-baa9-49d1-9b08-6d8ee23779aa.jpg?v=1752014079","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/creole-renegades-rhetoric-of-betrayal-and-guilt-in-the-caribbean-diaspora-9780813068794","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}