2017, Volume 2: Memories of Caribbean futures: Reclaiming the pre-colonial to imagine a post-colonial in the languages, literatures and cultures of the Greater Caribbean and beyond
Complete Citation:
Faraclas, Nicholas, Ronald Severing, Christa Weijer, Elisabeth Echteld, Wim Rutgers & Robert Dupey (Eds.) (2017). Memories of Caribbean futures: Reclaiming the pre-colonial to imagine a post-colonial in the languages, literatures and cultures of the Greater Caribbean and beyond. Proceedings of the ECICC, St. Kitts 2016, Volume 2, ISBN 978-99904-4-058-4. Curaçao/Puerto Rico: University of Curaçao, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras; 418 pp.
RECLAIMING THE PRE-COLONIAL TO IMAGINE A POST-COLONIAL IN THE LITERATURES OF THE GREATER CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 1 A ripple in reality: Karen Lord’s Redemption in indigo 13 Nagueyalti Warren 2 Negotiating the Gothic in African literature: a study of Amos Tutuola’s 19 The palm-wine drinkard and Bessie Head’s Maru Kwame Osei-Poku and G. Edzordzi Agbozo 3 Seismic poetics in Yanick Lahens’s Failles 33 Mark Andrews 4 Christ in Africa: a look at the impact of Christianity in Africa based on 43 The tempest, Arrow of God, and Devil on the cross Jo Robles Lugo 5 The ekphrasis poetic language of Andre Bagoo in Burn and After Caravaggio, 51 Christ on the Mount of Olive Carmen Lourdes Aponte Guzman 6 Consideraciones de las ideas de Michel Foucault en los poemas, “Nosotros”, 55 “Sepa usted” y “Al frente” del libro Mundo abierto de Hugo Margenat Josefa Santos Turull RECLAIMING THE PRE-COLONIAL TO IMAGINE A POST-COLONIAL IN THE LINGUISTICS OF THE GREATER CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 7 Expresiones coloquiales en español 71 Melvin González-Rivera 8 The myth-discourse-ideology axis and the Hispanic dialect complex 83 Godsuno Chela-Flores 9 Female nicknaming practices and gender constructs in Puerto Rican society 95 Sebastián Cruz Abreu and Alma Simounet 10 Singing between two cultures: the case of Ricky Martin’s code mixed lyrics 105 Sylvia Aponte 11 Gender variation in the use of politeness on Facebook 111 Beatrice Offeibea Awuku RECLAIMING THE PRE-COLONIAL TO IMAGINE A POST-COLONIAL IN THE PERFORMANCE AND HISTORIES OF THE GREATER CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 12 Social meaning in the folk songs of the Eastern Caribbean and West Africa 129 Robert W. Nicholls 13 From Bacoo to Bohpoli: South Eastern Amerindian elements found in 145 the folklore of Barbados and the Anglophone Caribbean Melinda Maxwell-Gibb 14 ¿Cómo se lee Anansi en Costa Rica? Una lectura descolonizadora 151 Brenda Villalobos Varela and Sigrid Solano Moraga 15 Du conte traditionnel au roman antillais: confluences et interferences 165 Sara Marel 16 Maritime violence shaped the Caribbean 183 Sally J. Delgado RECLAIMING THE PRE-COLONIAL TO IMAGINE A POSTCOLONIAL IN THE CREOLE LINGUISTICS OF THE GREATER CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 17 African influences on the Atlantic Creoles: evidence from Crucian English 193 lexifier Creole Aida Vergne 18 Polyphonic creole discourse: an examination of phrasal verb constructions 215 in Crucian Micah Corum, Daniel Shanklin and Rachel La Russo 19 A sociolinguistic overview on Limon Kryol 223 René Zúñiga Argüello 20 “Universal” or European? Testing conversational postulates in 233 Afro-Caribbean communities Cristal R. Heffelfinger-Nieves RECLAIMING THE PRE-COLONIAL TO IMAGINE A POST-COLONIAL IN THE GENDERS, IDENTITIES AND LITERATURES OF THE GREATER CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 21 Locating others: Jamaica Kincaid and the autobiography of memory 245 Victoria Amma Agyeiwaah Osei-Bonsu 22 Mothering, marronage and female same-sex desire in Michelle Cliff’s Abeng 261 Fay White 23 The rise and fall of Caribbean gentlemen: marginalization and the unmanning 267 of Caribbean masculinities in Anglophone Caribbean fiction Raúl J. Vázquez-Vélez 24 The penis: problem, power or partner? Intersections of male Indo-Caribbean 291 sexualities and phallocentrism in Shani Mootoo’s Cereus blooms at night Tyrone Ali RECLAIMING THE PRE-COLONIAL TO IMAGINE A POST-COLONIAL IN LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION IN THE GREATER CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 25 Literacy as a prerequisite for world peace 305 Alicia Pousada 26 The acquisition of the French adverbial pronouns en and y by Spanish-English 321 bilingual university students in Puerto Rico Oihida Beloucif 27 Sociolinguistic aspects of learning English and French in Haiti 325 Cliton Seide 28 Celebrating a 50th birthday: the contribution of the University of the West 339 Indies (UWI) to Caribbean civilization Marsha Hinds-Layne RECLAIMING THE PRE-COLONIAL TO IMAGINE A POSTCOLONIAL IN THE CULTURES AND SOCIETIES OF THE GREATER CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND 29 “Shi wi use har blood tie him”: a theological interrogation of cultural 349 beliefs about menstruation and female [im]morality in Jamaica Anna Kasafi Perkins 30 The role and image of midwives in Caribbean society from the colonial 361 period to the present: a critical analysis of the discourse relevant to midwifery in specific Hispanophone, Anglophone, and Francophone contexts Dámarys T. Crespo Valedón 31 Emancipation without liberation: the struggle for land and citizenship 373 rights in Dennis Scott’s An echo in the bone and David Edgecombe’s Kirnon’s kingdom Dannabang Kuwabong 32 Problems in urban planning regimes and their enforcement: the case of Wa 389 Municipality in the Upper West Region of Ghana Florence Abugtane Avogo and Gervase Kuuwaabong 33 Reflections on ‘reflejos’: belief and science in popular therapeutics 401 Annette B. Ramírez de Arellano ABOUT THE EDITORS 409 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Dr. Nicholas Faraclas (Puerto Rico) Prof. Dr. Ronald Severing (Curaçao) Drs. Christa Weijer (Curaça Dr. Elisabeth Echteld (Curaçao) Prof. Dr. Wim Rutgers Prof. Dr. Robert Dupey (Puerto Rico)
Islands in Between 