Dreams of Archives Unfolded
Author | : Jocelyn Fenton Stitt |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2021-06-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781978806542 |
ISBN-13 | : 197880654X |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dreams of Archives Unfolded written by Jocelyn Fenton Stitt and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Archival dreams and Caribbean life writing -- 'Autobiography in a graveyard' : doors of no return and revolutionary failures -- Speculative autobiography : ghosts and feminist fugitivity -- Repicturing the picturesque : genealogical desire, archives, and descendant community autobiography -- Ashes to ashes, dust to dust : Indo-Caribbean archival impossibility -- "Put my mom in there" : Memorialization as Caribbean counter-archive -- Coda: Untelling history.