Reviews for Caribbean Ghostwriting

The average rating for Caribbean Ghostwriting based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-05-01 00:00:00 Lester Zimmerman, Jr I read parts of Edward Said Routledge Critical Thinkers with the (naive) intention of finding an accessible comparative analysis of structuralism and post-structuralism. I found Ashcroft and Ahluwalia's approach on this matter clear and concise. The authors present the relevant theory, show how Said's own work evolved from previous thinkers', and cut the inherent dryness of the text with well-chosen and short examples. If the remainder of the work achieves the same quality (and all the signs are there), this should be an excellent read.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-06-22 00:00:00 Steven Rupp Not only great as a starting point for reading Kristeva but I found this book as a very efficient and understandable summary for Lacan, Barthes, Saussure, and Derrida. I enjoyed how all these favourite authors of mine are connected and melted into Kristeva's philosophy. As it is the premise of the book, it's important to understand Kristeva as a literary theorist and not only as a feminist writer. To be honest, the more I read her the more I like her as a postmodernist than a feminist (although it's true that her non binary, non hierarchical approach to feminism is also much more inclusive). On ART: "Kristeva shows that to be challenged by art is to be confronted by the void of non-meaning and the prospect of our own hell, our own suffering caused by a loss of identity including our melancholies and the truly tragic aspect of being. [...] this suffering is also the way to a 'resurrection' as a renewal of the self in language."