Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Alternate Consciousness in the Diaspora 1
5. 1 Paris in 1956: Negritude and Cultural Discourse 21
6. 2 Colonial Legacies, Gender Identity, and Black Female Writing in the Diaspora 43
7. 3 Negritude and Negativity: Alienation and ‘‘Voice’’ in Eastern Caribbean Literature 74
8. 4 Diaspora Philosophy, French Caribbean Literature, and Simone Schwarz-Bart’s Pluie et vent sur Télumée Miracle 114
9. 5 The Spoken Word and Spirit Consciousness: Audre Lorde and Paule Marshall’s Diasporic Voice 158
10. Afterword 203
11. Notes 211
12. Bibliography 227
13. Index 237