{"product_id":"understanding-jamaica-kincaid-justin-d-edwards-9781570036880","title":"Understanding Jamaica Kincaid","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive survey of the life and works of a writer deeply invested in themes of exile and exploitation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Jamaica Kincaid\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to the prizewinning author best known for the novels \u003ci\u003eAnnie John, Lucy, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of My Mother.\u003c\/i\u003e Justin D. Edwards surveys Jamaica Kincaid's life, career, and major works of fiction and nonfiction to identify and discuss her recurring interests in familial relations, Caribbean culture, and the aftermath of colonialism and exploitation. In addition to examining the haunting prose, rich detail, and personal insight that have brought Kincaid widespread praise, Edwards also identifies and analyzes the novelist's primary thematic concerns--the flow of power and the injustices faced by people undergoing social, economic, and political change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdwards chronicles Kincaid's childhood in Antigua, her development as a writer, and her early journalistic work as published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and other magazines. In separate chapters he provides critical appraisals of Kincaid's early novels; her works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eMy Brother\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Small Place;\u003c\/i\u003e and her more recent novels, including \u003ci\u003eMr. Potter.\u003c\/i\u003e Edwards discusses the way in which Kincaid both exposes the problems of colonization and neocolonization and warns her readers about the dire consequences of inequality in the era of globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justin D. Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570036888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570036880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.17h x 5.36w x 0.76d","brand":"Justin D. Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46807009460479,"sku":"9781570036880","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2fd20f84-0637-49dd-8727-af2a1f1b1ea5.jpg?v=1745378302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-jamaica-kincaid-justin-d-edwards-9781570036880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}