Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
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Black Victorians / Black Victoriana
Rutgers University Press
Black Victorians/Black Victoriana is a welcome attempt to correct the historical record. Although scholarship has given us a clear view of nineteenth-century imperialism, colonialism, and later immigration from the colonies, there has for far too long been a gap in our understanding of the lives of blacks in Victorian England. Without that understanding, it remains impossible to assess adequately the state of the black population in Britain today. Using a transatlantic lens, the contributors to this book restore black Victorians to the British national picture. They look not just at the ways blacks were represented in popular culture but also at their lives as they experienced them—as workers, travelers, lecturers, performers, and professionals. Dozens of period photographs bring these stories alive and literally give a face to the individual stories the book tells.
- Copyright year: 2003
The Orchid House
By Phyllis Shand Allfrey; Edited by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
Rutgers University Press
Lally helps to raise three white sisters in the Orchid House on the Island of Dominica and observes as each flees to the cold northern lands of England and America only to return to their magical past and the man they love.
- Copyright year: 1996
Sacred Possessions
Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the Caribbean
Edited by Margarite Fernândez Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
Rutgers University Press
This collection of 13 comparative and interdisciplinary essays explores the cross-cultural dynamics of African-based religious systems in the Caribbean. The contributors analyze the nature and liturgies of Vodou, Santeria, Obeah, Quimbois, and Gaga as they form one central cultural matrix in the region. They ask how these belief systems were affected by differing colonial histories and landscapes, how they affected other cultural expressions (from the oral tradition to popular art and literature), and how they have been perceived and (mis)represented by the West. Also included is a photoessay on Cuban Santeria.
- Copyright year: 1997
Green Cane and Juicy Flotsam
Short Stories by Caribbean Women
Edited by Carmen C Esteves and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
Rutgers University Press
Perhaps the most salient feature of the stories collected here is their presentation of the multiplicity of voices of Caribbean women: Parable II, No Dust is Allowed in This House, of Nuns and Punishment, Reminds us of the accomplishments of Caribbean women and promise of their writing.
- Copyright year: 1991
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