The Post-Columbus Syndrome: Identities, Cultural Nationalism, and Commemorations in the Caribbean

By Fabienne Viala

Book Overview

Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World. Viala analyzes the ways in which Columbus became a reservoir of metaphors to confront anxieties of the present with myths of the past.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113744374X
• ISBN13: 9781137443748
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"