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Published 1997 |
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Chancy, Myriam J. A., 1970
Scarching for safe spaces : Afro-Caribbean women writers in exile /
Myriam J. A. Chancy.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56639-539-9 (doth : alk. paper). ISBN 1566395402
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Caribbean literature (English)Women authorsHistory and
criticism. 2. Caribbean literature (English)Foreign countries
History and criticism. 3. English literature20th century
History and criticism. 4. Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
5. Women and literatureHistory20th century. 6. Minorities in
literature. 7. Outsiders in literature. 8. Exiles in literature. I. Title.
PR9205.05.C48 1997
820.9'9287'089960729DC21 96-46236 |
| The excerpt on p. 52 is from Lucille Clifton: "Who Is There to Protect Her" (Shapeshifter Poems, 2), copyright 1987 by Ludlle Clifton. Reprinted from Next: New Poems, by Ludlle Clifton, with the permission of BOA Editions, Ltd., 260 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14604. |
| Permission to quote from She Tries Her Tongue: Her Silence Softly Breaks (Chariottetown, Prince Edward Island: Ragweed Press, 1989) and Looking far Livingstone: An Odyssey of Silence (Stratford, Ontario: Mercury Press, 1991), on pp. 103107, 111, 113116, and 140, courtesy of the author, M. Nourbese Philip. |
| The excerpt on p. 132 is from "Monkeyman," copyright 1992, 1975 by Audre Lorde, from Undersong: Chosen Poems Old and New by Audre Lorde. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. |
| The excerpts on pp. 133136 arc from "Between Ourseives," "Dahomey," "l25th Street and Abomey," and "The Women of Dan," from The Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde. Copyright 1978 by Audre Lorde. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. |
| Permission to quote from Claiming an Identity They Taught Me to Despise, on pp. 137140 and 142143, granted by the author, Michelle Cliff. |
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