Caribbean Perspectives on Modernity: Returning Medusa's Gaze

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Caribbean Perspectives on Modernity New World Studies Silvio A. Torres-Saillant, Editor J. Michael Dash, Frank Moya Pons, and Sandra Pouchet Paquet, Associate Editors Caribbean Perspectives on Modernity Returning Medusa’s Gaze Maria Cristina Fumagalli University of Virginia Press Charlottesville and London University of Virginia Press© 2009 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2009 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fumagalli, Maria Cristina. Caribbean perspectives on modernity : retuning Medusa’s gaze / Maria Cristina Fumagalli. p. cm. — (New World Studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8139-2857-9 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8139-2858-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Caribbean literature (English)—History and criticism. 2. Caribbean Area—In literature. 3. Modernism (Literature)—Caribbean Area. I. Title. pr9205.05.f86 2009 810.9—dc22 2009016455 To my mother and father, to Jon, to Ernesto, the promise of the future. One love. This page intentionally left blank ...