Calypso Jews
Sarah Phillips Casteel
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Calypso Jews
Published
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pages
336
ISBN-13
9780231540575
Description
In original and insightful ways, Caribbean writers have turned to Jewish experiences of exodus and reinvention, from the Sephardim expelled from Iberia in the 1490s to the "Calypso Jews" who fled Europe for Trinidad in the 1930s. Examining these historical migrations through the lens of postwar Caribbean fiction and poetry, Sarah Phillips Casteel presents the first major study of representations of Jewishness in Caribbean literature. Bridging the gap between postcolonial and Jewish studies, Calypso Jews enriches cross-cultural investigations of Caribbean creolization. Caribbean writers invoke both the 1492 expulsion and the Holocaust as part of their literary archaeology of slavery and its legacies. Despite the unequal and sometimes fraught relations between Blacks and Jews in the Caribbean before and after emancipation, Black-Jewish literary encounters reflect sympathy and identification more than antagonism and competition. Providing an alternative to U.S.-based critical narratives of Black-Jewish relations, Casteel reads Derek Walcott, Maryse Condé, Michelle Cliff, Jamaica Kincaid, Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen, and Paul Gilroy, among others, to reveal a distinctive interdiasporic literature. --cover.
Subjects
World of Prose
Isla que se repite
Treasure Island
The pleasures of exile
A History of Literature in the Caribbean (Comparative History of Literature in European Languages)
Derek Walcott
Frequently Asked Questions
How many pages are in Calypso Jews?
This edition of Calypso Jews has approximately 336 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Calypso Jews?
For most readers, Calypso Jews typically takes between 7h 0m and 4h 40m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 84,000 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 5h 36m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 12 days • Estimated word count: 84,000 words
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What is the word count of Calypso Jews?
The estimated word count for Calypso Jews is approximately 84,000 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Who is the author of Calypso Jews?
Calypso Jews was written by Sarah Phillips Casteel.
When was Calypso Jews published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 2016. The original work may have been published on a different date.