Caribbean Erotic, 9781845230890
Paperback
A wide-ranging anthology of poetry, short fiction, and critical essays designed to generate thought about what is still a conflicted area of Caribbean literature and culture, this revealing, in-depth examination explores the many facets of the erotic in contemporary Caribbean literature–from desire;…

Caribbean Erotic

poetry, prose and essays

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    15 December 2010

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Summary

Caribbean Erotic is a revealing, wide-ranging and in-depth exploration of the many facets of the erotic in contemporary Caribbean literature. It includes poetry, short fiction and critical essays; work that celebrates desire, work that depicts realistically the psychology of, for instance, a woman whose desperate wish is that her abusive husband still desires her, and work that explores the role of fantasy in the erotic. Infidelity, self-respect, rape, self-love, lust and child-birth are o…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781845230890
ISBN-10:1845230892
Author:Afua Cooper
Publisher:Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Imprint:Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:15 December 2010
Weight:445g
Dimensions:206mm x 135mm x 203mm
About The Author

Afua Cooper

Opal Palmer Adisa is a professor of creative writing and literature at California College of the Arts and an award-winning poet and prose writer of 11 titles, including the novel It Begins With Tears. She lives in Oakland, California. Donna Weir-Soley is a teacher, a poet, and a critic. She has been widely published in journals such as Caribbean Writer, Carrier-Pidgin, The Frontiers, Macomere, Sage and in the anthology, Moving Beyond Boundaries and was recently awarded a Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship for career enhancement. She lives in Miami.

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