Overview
- The first English translation of the novels of Quince Duncan, an important Afro-Latin American writer
- Translated by one of the leading scholars of Quince Duncan’s fiction, and done with sensitivity to the language of West Indian communities in Central America and global readers
- Addresses an increasing need among students and scholars who are interested in studying Quince Duncan’s work in English
- Draws attention to the examination of the African Diaspora and Caribbean migration in non-metropolitan centers such as Central America
Part of the book series: Afro-Latin@ Diasporas (ALD)
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Quince Duncan is one of the most significant yet understudied Black writers in the Americas. A third-generation Afro-Costa Rican of West Indian heritage, he is the first novelist of African descent to tell the story of Jamaican migration to Costa Rica. Duncan’s work has been growing in popularity among scholars and teachers of Afro-Latin American literature and African Diaspora Studies.
This translation brings two of his major novels to English-speaking audiences for the first time, Weathered Men and The Four Mirrors. The book will be invaluable for those eager to develop further their background in Afro-Latin American literature, and it will enable students and faculty members in other fields such as comparative literature to engage with the burgeoning area of Afro-Latin American literary studies.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dorothy E. Mosby is Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies at Mount Holyoke College, USA. She is also a member and former chair of the Africana Studies Program. She is author of Quince Duncan: Writing Afro-Costa Rican and Afro-Caribbean Identity (2014) and Place, Language, and Identity in Afro-Costa Rican Literature (2003).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quince Duncan's Weathered Men and The Four Mirrors
Book Subtitle: Two Novels of Afro-Costa Rican Identity
Authors: Dorothy E. Mosby
Series Title: Afro-Latin@ Diasporas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97535-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97534-4Published: 15 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07370-1Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97535-1Published: 01 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2945-6835
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6843
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 241
Topics: Latin American Culture, Latin American/Caribbean Literature, African Culture, Diaspora, African American Culture