Chancy, Myriam J. A., 1970-
Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2012.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Preface: The stories we cannot tell — Introduction: Ydonde esta tu abuela? : On the respective racial (mis)identifications of Haiti, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic in the context of Latin America and the Caribbean — Sugar: Haiti. Facing the mountains : Dominican suppression and the Haitian imaginary in the works of Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat — Recovering history Bone by bone : a conversation with Edwidge Danticat — Sovereignty : Cuba. Travesia : crossings of sovereignty, sexuality, and race in the Cuban female imaginaries of Zoé Valdés, Nancy Moréjon, and María Magdalena Campos-Pons — Recovering origins : a conversation with María Magdalena Campos-Pons — Revolution : the Dominican Republic. Subversive sexualities : Marilyn Bobes, Achy Obejas, and Loida Maritza Pérez on revolutionizing gendered identities against Cuban and Dominican landscapes — The heart of home : a conversation with Loida Maritza Pérez –Conclusion: Non progredi regredi est: the making of transformative visions.
• Also issued in electronic formats.
• …Myriam Chancy aims to show that Haiti’s exclusion from contemporary Latin American and Caribbean literary studies is grounded in its historical role as a site of ontological defiance. — from back cover

Subjects:

• Cuban literature — Women authors — History and criticism.
• Dominican literature — Women authors — History and criticism.
• Haitian literature — Women authors — History and criticism.
• Women and literature — Caribbean Area.
• Women artists — Caribbean Area.

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