Quince Duncan : writing Afro-Costa Rican and Caribbean identity / Dorothy E. Mosby.

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Mosby, Dorothy E, 1970-

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9780817387228
0817387226
9780817313494
0817313494

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quince Duncan.DDC classification:

860.9006 23

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PQ6032

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Contents:

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Short Fiction; 2. The Novels of Identity: Hombres curtidos and Los cuatro espejos; 3. Novels of Samamfo: La paz del pueblo, Kimbo, and A Message from Rosa; 4. Dismantling the Myths: Final de calle and El trepasolo; Conclusions; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

Summary: Quince Duncan is a comprehensive study of the published short stories and novels of Costa Rica's first novelist of African descent and one of the nation's most esteemed contemporary writers. The grandson of Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants to Limón, Quince Duncan (b. 1940) incorporates personal memories into stories about first generation Afro-West Indian immigrants and their descendants in Costa Rica. Duncan's novels, short stories, recompilations of oral literature, and essays intimately convey the challenges of Afro-West Indian contract laborers and the st.

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Quince Duncan is a comprehensive study of the published short stories and novels of Costa Rica's first novelist of African descent and one of the nation's most esteemed contemporary writers. The grandson of Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants to Limón, Quince Duncan (b. 1940) incorporates personal memories into stories about first generation Afro-West Indian immigrants and their descendants in Costa Rica. Duncan's novels, short stories, recompilations of oral literature, and essays intimately convey the challenges of Afro-West Indian contract laborers and the st.

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