Idle Talk, Deadly Talk The Uses of Gossip in Caribbean Literature

The first book-length study of gossip's place in the literature of the multilingual Caribbean reveals gossip to be a utilitarian and deeply political practice-a means of staging the narrative tensions, and waging the narrative battles, that mark Caribbean politics and culture. Revising the over...

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Main Author: Rodriguez-Navas, Ana (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of Virginia Press 2018
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