Hernandez Adrian Francisco - J. - On Tropical Grounds Avant - Garde And Surrealism In The Insular Atlantic - Paperback

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Description: On Tropical Grounds develops a new approach to the avant - garde and Surrealism in Caribbean and Atlantic studies. The book examines how islands and their tropical associations figure in the cultural and political imaginaries of the Caribbean and the Atlantic and identifies genealogies of local responses to continental fantasies of exotic insularity. Examining written and visual works that reflect on the Hispanic and Francophone Caribbean and the Canary Islands as well as critical debates around discourses of insularity in island and metropolitan spaces the book considers notions of ethnic purity originality imitation appropriation cosmopolitanism and self - exoticism to challenge the idea that avant - garde practices were pre - eminently urban and metropolitan cultural forms. The book argues that attention to the relational dimension implicit in exchanges around ideas of anti - colonial struggle radical social transformation and anti - fascist resistance should inform analyses of cultural production in Caribbean and Atlantic insular spaces. On Tropical Grounds develops a persuasive critical model for the investigation of politically and aesthetically situated archipelagic relations that transgresses disciplinary boundaries and reconfigures our conception of the avant - garde as a global movement that was overdetermined by racial gender and colonial conflicts. This book will be of value to anyone interested in Caribbean and Atlantic studies avant - garde and visual culture studies and literary and cultural studies.
Title: On Tropical Grounds Avant - Garde And Surrealism In The Insular Atlantic
Author(s): Hernandez Adrian Francisco - J.
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9781509561674
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 12/31/2024
Series: Critical South
Category: History Of The Americas