Robert Decker
Biographic Data
| ID | 1436632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert Decker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert |
| FAMILY NAME | Decker |
| SIGNATURE | DECKER R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“ Sa zyé pa vwé ” [What the eyes don't see]
The cover image of Tropiques Toxiques depicts a globe-like tropical island whose vegetation, inked in pale greens, yellows, and dark magentas, at first glance evokes the lush and vibrant natural world that we associate with the Antillean archipelago.2 At the summit, a cluster of banana plants reaches toward a pale pink sky while the bunches of ripening bananas, following magenta inflorescences, point downward to the ground, littered with fallen f…
Migration and Refuge
Reviewed by: Migration and Refuge: An Eco-archive of Haitian Literature, 1982–2017 by John Patrick Walsh Robert Decker Migration and Refuge: An Eco-archive of Haitian Literature, 1982–2017. By John Patrick Walsh. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2019. ISBN 13: 9781786941633. 254 pp. £90.00 hardcover. John Patrick Walsh's book Migration and Refuge: An Eco-archive of Haitian Literature represents a new and important approach to Haitian litera…
Negritude's Problem with History
This essay argues for the recuperation of the writings of Léonard Sainville, a founding member of Negritude, and the incorporation of his work into the movement's canon. Sainville was a historian and novelist whose work mitigates Negritude's undertheorization of the concept of history and critiques European historiographical methods. Whereas writers such as Aimé Césaire and Léopold Sédar Senghor present Negritude, paradoxically, as both establish…
Negritude's Problem with History
This essay argues for the recuperation of the writings of Léonard Sainville, a founding member of Negritude, and the incorporation of his work into the movement's canon. Sainville was a historian and novelist whose work mitigates Negritude's undertheorization of the concept of history and critiques European historiographical methods. Whereas writers such as Aimé Césaire and Léopold Sédar Senghor present Negritude, paradoxically, as both establish…
Negritude's Problem with History
This essay argues for the recuperation of the writings of Léonard Sainville, a founding member of Negritude, and the incorporation of his work into the movement's canon. Sainville was a historian and novelist whose work mitigates Negritude's undertheorization of the concept of history and critiques European historiographical methods. Whereas writers such as Aimé Césaire and Léopold Sédar Senghor present Negritude, paradoxically, as both establish…
Migration and Refuge
Reviewed by: Migration and Refuge: An Eco-archive of Haitian Literature, 1982–2017 by John Patrick Walsh Robert Decker Migration and Refuge: An Eco-archive of Haitian Literature, 1982–2017. By John Patrick Walsh. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2019. ISBN 13: 9781786941633. 254 pp. £90.00 hardcover. John Patrick Walsh's book Migration and Refuge: An Eco-archive of Haitian Literature represents a new and important approach to Haitian litera…
“ Sa zyé pa vwé ” [What the eyes don't see]
The cover image of Tropiques Toxiques depicts a globe-like tropical island whose vegetation, inked in pale greens, yellows, and dark magentas, at first glance evokes the lush and vibrant natural world that we associate with the Antillean archipelago.2 At the summit, a cluster of banana plants reaches toward a pale pink sky while the bunches of ripening bananas, following magenta inflorescences, point downward to the ground, littered with fallen f…
Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · Comics and Graphic Narratives (1 work) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (1 work) · Historiography (1 work)