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A Poetics of Relation fosters a dialogue across islands and languages between established and lesser-known authors, bringing together archipelagic and diasporic voices from the Francophone and Hispanic Antilles. In this pan-diasporic study, Ferly shows that a comparative analysis of female narratives is often most pertinent across linguistic zones.

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Introduction: ´The Roots of Relation´ Overcoming Marginalisation: Relation and Female Subjectivity Rhizomic Roots: Nation and Relation The Emergence of a Creole Discourse Identity in Relation Diaspora Writing: The Poetics of Wandering Conclusion: Caribbean Female Narratives into the Third Millennium

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´[This book]stands out among other comparative studies in the field by engaging Edouard Glissant´s image of the rhizome and his theory of Relation to construct a pan-Caribbean approach that delineates a unique female literary tradition. Combining a comprehensive overview of foundational theories and questions with insightful close readings, Ferly offers a new direction for scholars and students of women´s writing in the Caribbean.´ Sally Barbour, professor of Romance Languages, Wake Forest University

´Ferly´s innovative dialogue across race, ethnicity, islands, languages, and oceans, challenges colonial inheritances by engaging polyphonic Francophone, and Hispanophone Caribbean female narratives in a profusion of creative networks summoning the continually shifting matrix of the mangrove. A must-read for scholars of comparative Caribbean studies.´ Catherine Reinhardt, Chapman University

´A solid contribution to studies on contemporary women´s writings from the French and Spanish Caribbean rooted in the ecologically-minded and innovative paradigm of the mangrove.´ - Dawn Duke, chair of Africana Studies and associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Tennessee

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ODILE FERLYhas aPhD inForeign Languages and Literatures from Clark University, USA.

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