The Post-Columbus Syndrome
Identities, Cultural Nationalism, and Commemorations in the Caribbean
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Nonfiction, History, Americas
| Author: | F. Viala | ISBN: | 9781137439895 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | October 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | F. Viala |
| ISBN: | 9781137439895 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | October 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a reservoir of metaphors to confront anxieties of the present with myths of the past.
Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a reservoir of metaphors to confront anxieties of the present with myths of the past.
