Refusal of the Shadow Surrealism and the Caribbean

Name: Refusal of the Shadow Surrealism and the Caribbean
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ISBN: 9781859840184

ISBN-10: 1859840183

ISBN-13: 9781859840184

Edition: 1996

Authors: Michael Richardson, Krzysztof Fijalkowski, Thomas Richardson, Thomas Richardson

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Refusal of the Shadow explores the nature of the relationship between black anti-colonialist movements in the Caribbean and the most radical of the European avant-gardes, and presents a series of texts which reveal its complexity.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 5/17/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 302
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Translators' Note


Introduction


1978 Introduction to Legitime defense



Legitime defense: Declaration


Note Bearing on the Coloured French Bourgeoisie



Heaven on Earth



General Observations about the Coloured 'Writer' in the Caribbean



Civilization



Poverty of a Poetry



On Certain Common Characteristics of the Civilized Mentality



For a Critical Reading of Tropiques



Panorama



Leo Frobenius and the Problem of Civilizations



Presentation



Introduction to the Marvellous



A Civilization's Discontent



An Introduction to Martiniquan Folklore



Birth of Our Art



Orientation of Poetry



Calling the Magician: A Few Words for a Caribbean Civilization



1943: Surrealism and Us



The Situation of Poetry in the Caribbean



Poetry and Knowledge



Evidence Concerning the Mind and Its Speed



Lightning Effect



The Great Camouflage



Humour: Introduction to 1945



Concerning Colonial Exoticism



Creole Dialogue



A Great Black Poet: Aime Cesaire



The Jungle



At Night in Haiti



Andre Breton in Haiti



Andre Breton in Port-au-Prince



A Record about Surrealism



Surrealism: What It Is



Letter to the Old Men



Extract from a Letter to Monny de Bouilly



Memories of Haiti



The Haitian Panorama



The Loas Speaking in Govis: Sorcery and Clairvoyance in Voodoo Religion



The Sacrifice of a Bull at the Home of the Houngan Jo Pierre-Gilles



Biographical Notes


Bibliography


Index