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 13 - Digital Yards: Caribbean Writing on Social Media and Other Digital Platforms
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
The globalizing and interconnecting effects of technology in the twenty-first century have had a crucial impact on the development of Caribbean literary culture and the reconfiguration of its audiences. Caribbean writing and literary criticism are reaching wider audiences within the region and beyond via myriad digital platforms. Through social media, blogs, online journals, digital archives and the websites of publishing houses and festivals, the news and content of Caribbean literary work has become more accessible. Examining networks of ‘digital yards’, a concept built on Edward Kamau Brathwaite’s work, this essay surveys twenty-first century forms of digital Caribbean literary production while considering the continuities that remain between earlier forms of representation and Caribbean literary culture online today.
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- Caribbean Literature in Transition, 1970–2020 , pp. 219 - 234Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021