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The Post-Columbus Syndrome

- Identities, Cultural Nationalism, and Commemorations in the Caribbean

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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.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781137443748
  • Bindende:
  • Hardback
  • Sider:
  • 282
  • Utgitt:
  • 17 oktober 2014
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 217x147x21 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 476 g.
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Forventet levering: 20 juli 2024

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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.

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