{"product_id":"slaves-to-sweetness-british-and-caribbean-literatures-of-sugar-9781846317491","title":"Slaves to Sweetness: British and Caribbean Literatures of Sugar","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carl Plasa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Caribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eApparently innocuous, sugar is a substance which brings with it a profound disquiet, not least because of its direct links with the histories of slavery in the New World. These links have long been a source of critical fascination, generating several landmark analyses, ranging from Fernando Ortis's Cuban Counterpoint: Tobacco and Sugar (1940) and No�l Deerr's monumental two-volume The History of Sugar (1949-50) to Sidney Mintz's Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (1985).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnlike previous texts, Plasa's meticulously researched book not only examines the traditional classic studies but also the hitherto largely ignored work produced by a number of expatriate Caribbean authors, both male and female, from the 1980s onwards. As a result Slaves to Sweetness provides the most comprehensive account to date of the historical transformations which sugar's representation has undergone, providing a rich resource for scholars in Slavery, Caribbean, Black Atlantic, Postcolonial and Literary Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47578508951703,"sku":"9781846317491","price":5224.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781846317491.webp?v=1774906282","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/slaves-to-sweetness-british-and-caribbean-literatures-of-sugar-9781846317491","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}