The African-Jamaican Aesthetic

The African-Jamaican Aesthetic
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9789004342330
ISBN-13 : 9004342338
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Download or read book The African-Jamaican Aesthetic written by Lisa Tomlinson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African- Jamaican Aesthetics Cultural Retention and Transformation Across Borders centres on the use of African Jamaican Aesthetics in Jamaica’s literary traditions and its transformation and transmission in the diaspora.


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