Mesye Kwik! Kwak

Mesye Kwik! Kwak

Author: Giftus R. John

Publisher: Virtualbookworm Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 1589397649

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Dominica is an island rich in culture and with a history that encompasses various forms of the country's transformation from colonialism to independence. African slaves, brought to the island to work on the British plantations, carried with them their various myths, beliefs, languages and art forms and these have passed down through the generations. Today they are still an integral part of this country's heritage. The characters in Mesy Kwik Kwak are used to portray some of these and other aspects of Dominican life which still have their bearing from years past. The young boys in The Stone and in The Pilgrim introduce us to the belief of Dominicans in evil spirits, the lougarou and la diabless, and the power of religion. Grandpa Was in America shows us Dominica's fixation to the American way of life and in A Father's Hope we see the widening gap between generations in the country-and there's more. So read along with Giftus as he tells his story. Mesy Kwik Kwak


Making Homes in the West/Indies

Making Homes in the West/Indies

Author: Antonia Macdonald-Smythe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1136544437

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This study focuses on the ways in which two of the most prominent Caribbean women writers residing in the United States, Michelle Cliff and Jamaica Kincaid, have made themselves at home within Caribbean poetics, even as their migration to the United States affords them participation and acceptance within its literary space.


Another Chorus, Another Verse and Other Stories

Another Chorus, Another Verse and Other Stories

Author: Kentry Jn Pierre

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-09-19

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1499029942

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Another Chorus, Another Verse and Other Stories is a multi-genre anthology of stories energized by the verve of the Caribbean voice and phantasmagoria: a young Caribbean man bearing witness to a female compatriot confronted by a firearm wielding Israeli soldier on a public bus; a farmer discombobulated by the vision and aura of a she-devil near a river adjoining his farm about the forest; a frustrated man who escapes the turpitude of the city to be confronted by the decadence of the countryside; a young couple grappling with the terror of a political and sexual maniac too demeaned to continue living.


BODIES, MEMORIES AND SPIRITS

BODIES, MEMORIES AND SPIRITS

Author: Travis Weekes

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-02-13

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 1493158074

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The island of Saint Lucia possesses a vibrant Creole culture that has given shape to a lively and creative people. Cyclical traditions akin to Community Theatre emerged out of discourses, counter-discourses and work practices during centuries of European slavery and/or colonization of the Amerindian, the African and the East Indian. This text provides descriptions of a selection of those traditions. The research was conducted when the author was employed with the Folk Research Centre and while he was engaged in graduate research as a student of Cultural Studies at UWI, Cave Hill. Although the author attempts to place the traditions under study in their historical context, his focus however is on a discussion of the impact of those traditions on the people and their society.


Disruption and Convergence

Disruption and Convergence

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-07-25

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 9004700994

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Conceptualized as a tool to expand creativity, questioning, and experimentation in arts research, Disruption and Convergences: Generating New Conversations through Arts Research offers timely narratives, musings, and descriptions of experimental and scholarly practice that ignite new creative considerations for graduate students and aspiring arts research practitioners. The book features a collection of practice-based research projects for which the experiential unfolding leads to unexpected outcomes. In its openness and generativity, this mode of questioning removes the need for conclusive findings. Prominent threads that emerged from the collection encompass collaboration and interconnectedness, disputed and shared spaces, and transformation through storytelling. Contributors to the book address ways of knowing that complicate familiar categories, learning with and listening to the fragile, the provisional, and heralding unthought futurity. Disruption and Convergences offers a scholarly and artistic exchange through dialogues between contributors and invites artful and multisensorial expressions, imaginative experimentations, poetic and critical propositions that carry the voices of creators at different stages in their research careers. This form of publication is itself an international symposium of sorts, and therefore an opportunity for readers to engage in wide-ranging approaches to making, writing, and arts thinking. Contributors are: Cathy Adams, Jelena Aleksic, Carolina Bergonzoni, Rébecca Bourgault, Rachel Epp Buller, Aurora Del Rio, Christine D’Onofrio, Hannah L. Drake, Emese Hall, Damali Ibrek, Rabeya Jalil, Estée Klar, Linda E. Kourkoulis, David LeRue, Stephanie Loveless, Katri Naukkarinen, Yolanda M. Manora, Rachel Payne, Patti Pente, Nicole Rallis, Roni Raviv, Catherine M. Roach, Catherine Rosamond, Myrtle Sodhi and Alice Wexler.


Dictionary of St. Lucian Creole

Dictionary of St. Lucian Creole

Author: Jones E. Mondesir

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-06-03

Total Pages: 641

ISBN-13: 3110877260

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Volumes in the Trends in Linguistics. Documentation series focus on the presentation of linguistic data. The series addresses the sustained interest in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, grammars and editions of under-described and hitherto undocumented languages. All world-regions and time periods are represented.


Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

Author: Therese Harasymiw

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

Published: 2021-07-15

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1502662736

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The Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia is home to a thriving tourism industry. However, there’s much more to St. Lucia than just the stretches of sandy beaches and resorts that are filled with travelers from around the world. St. Lucia has a vibrant culture and rich history, and readers are introduced to them in this comprehensive guide to life on this island. Informative sidebars, clearly labeled maps, and beautiful photographs help readers discover more about St. Lucia, and simple recipes allow readers to bring island flavors into their homes.