The Social Media and Democracy Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1793554552 ISBN 13: 9781793554550

Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

Waves: An Anthology of Caribbean Literature provides students with a curated, multi-disciplinary selection of works ranging from classic to contemporary readings. Featured authors include Nobel laureates Derek Walcott and V. S. Naipaul; seminal works utilizing Caribbean or creole language from Sam Selvon; classics from authors and poets, such as George Lamming, Claude McKay, and Kamau Brathwaite; and women authors, as they came into their own, exemplified in Jamaica Kincaid, Paule Marshall, and Edwidge Danticat, among others.

The anthology is organized into three units: Slavery and Colonialism; Language, Culture and Community; and Migration and Identity. Entries are followed with ideas and prompts labeled Connecting, Exploring, and Linking, which encourage readers to think critically and further engage with the characters and concepts within the readings. When possible, author biographies and photos provide students with further background and insight into their ideologies and personal stories.

Selections are explored through a variety of themes, including the loss and recovery of history, the evolution of language use, exigencies relating to the metropole, and considerations of migration, belonging, racism, family relationships, coming of age, and more. The topics are universal and familiar but presented through a uniquely Caribbean lens.

Designed to help students expand their knowledge of themselves and others, Waves is an ideal textbook for courses and programs in literature.

About this title

About the Author

Patricia McDonald is an associate professor at Palm Beach State College, where she introduced and teaches Caribbean literature. She also teaches African American literature and composition. She holds master's degrees in English and Communication from Florida Atlantic University and Florida State University, respectively. McDonald has published short stories in The Caribbean Writer and book chapters in Letters from the Future and Interracial Communication. Her work also appears in the Florida Atlantic Comparative Studies Journal. She is a past Rotary International Scholarship and Delores Auzenne Fellowship recipient.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1793554552
• ISBN 13: 9781793554550
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 230
• Editor: Mask Jason Patrick