Journal Issue: The Blues Vision
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1983-01-01
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(1984) Frye, Charles
The Crisis in the Contemporary Caribbean
Knight, Franklin W.
Using Caribbean Literature, the author paints a picture of the cultural conditions in Contemporary Caribbean societies.
Grenada: History, Neocolonialism, and Culture in the Contemporary Caribbean
Marquez, Roberto
The October 1983 invasion of Grenada by a final total of approximately 6,000 U.S. marines, paratroopers, and Rangers, supported by heavy artillery, tanks, and the most sophisticated weaponry, occurred in the context of social and politcal history. It was in a direct line of continuity with the more disturbing aspects of that history. It, simultaneously, marked an important turning point. To the extent it added another to the more than 135 direct U.S. military interventions in the Caribbean and Latin America over the last century, it represented no more, and no less than "business as usual."
How to Think Black: A Symposium in Toni Cade Bambara's The Salt Eaters
Frye, Charles A.; Harper, Charlyn; Myers, Linda James; Traylor, Eleanor W.
The Salt Eaters, which is the alleged topic ofthis symposium, is an extremely important work for any number of reasons, not the least of which is that it is the embodiment ofhow one thinks and writes "black." To help us understand both the black cognitive process and its literary embodiment, I have convened this very distinguished, interdisciplinary panel of scholars.
Nothing Personal
Baldwin, James