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Ocean Stirrings - Couverture souple

Collins, Merle

 
9781845235529: Ocean Stirrings
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1845235525 ISBN 13 : 9781845235529
Editeur : Peepal Tree Press Ltd, 2023

Synopsis

The mother of the revolutionary firebrand Malcolm X was a Grenadian woman born at the turn of the 20th century in a small rural community in a deeply colonial society where access to education had only just begun for the children of working people. She emigrated to Canada and then the USA, where she became involved in the struggle for Black civil rights led by Marcus Garvey. Within the sparse facts of Louise Langdon Norton Little’s biography, Merle Collins, the distinguished Grenadian novelist, has created a moving and deeply feminist work that gives vivid inwardness to both the heroism and tragedy of a life that involved fighting the Ku Klux Klan, discovering that male comrades in the struggle could be abusers at home, recognition of her skills as an organiser, but also a period of mental collapse that saw her incarcerated in a mental hospital until her family fought for her release. Louise's life is profoundly shaped by her forceful matriarchal grandmother and by her schooling. In the classroom she meets teachers who show Oseyan, Louise’s family name, how to turn the imperialist ideology of her schoolbooks on its head. These are the contexts of Oseyan’s life, but what Merle Collins most profoundly gives us is its breathing texture, through a mix of fictive narrative, letters and poetry, with episodes of great warmth, exuberant humour and drama, as sadness and heartbreak.

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À propos de l'auteur

Merle Collins was born in Aruba to Grenadian parents who returned to Grenada soon after her birth. She was deeply involved in the Grenadian revolution and served as a coordinator for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean for the Government of Grenada. She left Grenada in 1983. The author of three novels, a collection of short stories and three collections of poetry, she has recently retired from teaching Caribbean Literature at the University of Maryland.

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Éditeur
Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845235525
ISBN 13 
9781845235529
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
440
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Personne responsable
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