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In the castle of my skin / George Lamming ; foreword by Sandra Pouchet Paquet.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Ann Arbor paperbacksPublisher: [Ann Arbor] : University of Michigan Press, [1991]Copyright date: c1991Description: xlvi, 303 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0472064681 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780472064687
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 828.91 LAM 22
Summary: In the Castle of My Skin" skilfully depicts the Barbadian psyche. Set against the backdrop of the 1930s riots which helped to pave the way for Independence and the modern Barbados, through the eyes of a young boy, Lamming portrays the social, racial, political and urban struggles with which Barbados continues to grapple even with some thirty-three years of Political Independence from Britain.
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In the Castle of My Skin" skilfully depicts the Barbadian psyche. Set against the backdrop of the 1930s riots which helped to pave the way for Independence and the modern Barbados, through the eyes of a young boy, Lamming portrays the social, racial, political and urban struggles with which Barbados continues to grapple even with some thirty-three years of Political Independence from Britain.

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