Defining Jamaican Fiction

Defining Jamaican Fiction Marronage and the Discourse of Survival

Hardback (30 Jun 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Maroons - slaves who escaped servitude to establish their own hegemonies - are central characters in Jamaican heritage, even influencing literary character types in Jamaican fiction. This work focuses on the place of Jamaican fiction in the larger regional literature.

Book information

ISBN: 9780817307820
Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
Imprint: The University of Alabama Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.00997292
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 386g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 19mm