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The Cultural Politics of Sugar

Caribbean Slavery and Narratives of Colonialism

The Cultural Politics of Sugar( )
Author: Sandiford, Keith A.
ISBN:978-0-511-03650-7
Publication Date:Jul 2004
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Digital download and online
List Price:AUD $99.00Contact Supplier contact
Book Description:

Keith Sandiford's study examines the importance of sugar as a central metaphor in the work of six influential authors of the colonial West Indies. Sugar, he argues, became a focus for cultural desires as well as a hard fact of the Caribbean's political economy. Sandiford defines this metaphorical turn as trope of 'negotiation' which organises the structure and content of the narratives. Based on extensive historical knowledge of the period and recent postcolonial theory, this book...
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