Book contents
- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970–2020
- Caribbean Literature in Transition
- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970–2020
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Caribbean Assemblages, 1970s–2020
- Part I Literary and Generic Transitions
- Part II Cultural and Political Transitions
- Chapter 11 Caribbean Feminist Criticism: Towards a New Canon of Caribbean Feminist Theory and Theorizing
- Chapter 12 Writing of and for a Revolution
- Chapter 13 Digital Yards: Caribbean Writing on Social Media and Other Digital Platforms
- Chapter 14 Developing and Sustaining Literary Publics: Prizes, Festivals and New Writing
- Part III The Caribbean Region in Transition
- Part IV Critical Transitions
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 11 - Caribbean Feminist Criticism: Towards a New Canon of Caribbean Feminist Theory and Theorizing
from Part II - Cultural and Political Transitions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2020
- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970–2020
- Caribbean Literature in Transition
- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970–2020
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Caribbean Assemblages, 1970s–2020
- Part I Literary and Generic Transitions
- Part II Cultural and Political Transitions
- Chapter 11 Caribbean Feminist Criticism: Towards a New Canon of Caribbean Feminist Theory and Theorizing
- Chapter 12 Writing of and for a Revolution
- Chapter 13 Digital Yards: Caribbean Writing on Social Media and Other Digital Platforms
- Chapter 14 Developing and Sustaining Literary Publics: Prizes, Festivals and New Writing
- Part III The Caribbean Region in Transition
- Part IV Critical Transitions
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Exploring the effectiveness of the use of anthologies as a discursive and theoretical platform for celebrating and registering the emergence of Caribbean feminist work, this essay surveys these publications and maps the emergence of Caribbean feminist criticism as a mode of theoretical challenge that enacted a transformative critical praxis that not only centred women’s lived experiences, but also fostered transnational alliances, dialogues and partnerships among women. In reading these texts, the essay notes how a politics of inclusion proved necessary for reclaiming and reconceptualizing Caribbean female histories and reading narratives of gendered lives, alongside an expanded focus on racialized transnational subjects that complicated a black–white paradigm. The essay argues that anthologies disrupt the centrality and singularity of authorship, authority and knowledge production.
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- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970–2020 , pp. 183 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021