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The Pleasures of Exile (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) Paperback – October 9, 1992

by George Lamming (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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In The Pleasures of Exile, as in his other works, George Lamming embraces the intricate issues of colonization and decolonization with a canny combination of playfulness and seriousness, irony and commitment. “[It] is a reciprocal process,” Lamming observes, “to be a colonial is to be a man in a certain relation; and this relation is an example of exile.”
 
Through a series of interrelated essays, The Pleasures of Exile explores the cultural politics and relationships created in the crucible of colonization. Drawing on Shakespeare’s The Tempest and C. L. R. James’s The Black Jacobins, as well as his own fiction and poetry, Lamming deftly locates the reader in a specific intellectual and cultural domain while conjuring a rich and varied spectrum of physical, intellectual, psychological, and cultural responses to colonialism. “My subject,” he writes, “is the migration of the West Indian writer, as colonial and exile, from his native kingdom, once inhabited by Caliban, to the tempestuous island of Prospero’s and his language. This book is a report on one man’s way of seeing.”
 
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    264 pages
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    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Michigan Press
  4. Publication date
    October 9, 1992
  5. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.9 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0472064665
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0472064663
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Michigan Press (October 9, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0472064665
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0472064663
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.9 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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  • Norman R.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book ,best price
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  • Johanna Ioannatou
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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    A brilliant inquiry in literary form into the essence of the largely underestimated issue of identity and west-centrism.
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  • R. Mowry
    3.0 out of 5 stars Wouldn't have read it if it weren't required
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    This book was interesting and well written, weaving the themes of slavery and oppression with the characters of a Shakespeare play. Although I admire the author's perseverence with the theme, I found it tiring and often hard to get into. I read it for a class and can't say I would've given it a second glance otherwise.
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  • F. Robles
    5.0 out of 5 stars Still applicable to contemporary notions of immigration and exile
    Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2008
    Although published in 1960, this collection of essays still carries vast currency. This is a fantastic example of "historical revisionism" in that Prospero and Caliban have their relationship subverted and reformulated. As a descendant of slaves and the product of Western culture (he convincingly makes the case that all of us are either the latter or both), George Lamming realizes that we can't reject our past, but only grow from realizing what it means to us. Out of this tradition we can forge towards a hopeful future, neither forgetting nor refusing to let go of history. We have a responsibility to act for a better future, and Lamming articulates this in myriad splendid ways, through what he says is "one man's experience."
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