
Writing Rage
Unmasking Violence Through Caribbean Discourse
University of the West Indies Press
Will be published approx. on 30. July 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
278 pages
978-976-640-189-4 (ISBN)
Description
Human interaction has always been marked by the complex, pervasive dynamic of rage and violence. This dynamic and the ubiquitous social problems that are its consequence have long engaged scholars. In "Writing Rage: Unmasking Violence through Caribbean Discourse", Paula Morgan and Valerie Youssef apply strategies of linguistic and literary analysis to a range of real-life and fictional discourses on the theme of violence. Their work explores the multifaceted spectrum of violence and its intricate web of cause-and-effect sequences at the macro and micro levels in Caribbean societies. This book will inform the first interdisciplinary course in this area to be taught at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, and it will also be essential reading for students and teachers of Caribbean cultural studies elsewhere in the region and throughout the diaspora.
Reviews / Votes
"In comparison to other critical studies, it is unusually grounded in textual analysis and, in comparison to other discourse analyses, unusually sensitive to expressions of human need and suffering. It is unique as an integration of literary and discourse analysis in response to an urgent social problem...... a gripping, powerful and timely work." - Barbara Lalla, Department of Liberal Arts, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Kingston
Jamaica
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
384 gr
ISBN-13
978-976-640-189-4 (9789766401894)
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Persons
Paula Morgan is Lecturer in the Department of Liberal Arts, an associate of the Centre for Gender and Development Studies, and co-ordinator of the Cultural Studies graduate programme, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Valerie Youssef is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Head of the Department of Liberal Arts, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.