Strolling in the Ruins by Faith Smith
Faith Smith examines everyday voices in Jamaica and Trinidad during the quiet period between the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion and World War I in the British Caribbean's history to discern sentiments about empire and nationhood.
"Against the narrative of heroic sovereignty that has dominated Caribbean literary history, Faith Smith suggests the advantages of slowing down, of caution, of waiting, of strolling. . . [T]his book strolls, too, eschewing any untoward rush to judgment or conclusion, taking its time, exploring side streets and alleyways, emerging onto the main thoroughfare from unexpected directions. It always makes us look anew, look differently. We could not ask for a better guide." - Peter Hulme (New West Indian Guide)
Faith Smith is Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and of English at Brandeis University. She is the author of Creole Recitations: John Jacob Thomas and Colonial Formation in the Late Nineteenth-Century Caribbean and editor of Sex and the Citizen: Interrogating the Caribbean.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781478019688 |
| ISBN 10 | 1478019689 |
| Title | Strolling in the Ruins |
| Author | Faith Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2023-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 280 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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