Michelle Cliff's Novels: Piecing the Tapestry of Memory and HistoryP. Lang, 1999 - 199 pages At the center of Jamaican-born Michelle Cliff's novels is the exploration of the interplay between memory and history. Noraida Agosto examines Cliff's representation of memory as the part of history that has been suppressed because of its revolutionary potential. Memories of slave rebellions, for instance, were erased through omission from official historical accounts to discourage resistance among slaves. Cliff's novels are an attempt to recover these erased memories, which could generate resistance to modern oppressions. This recovery of devalued memories also entails a validation of non-elite beliefs, languages, and art forms in order to debunk dominant practices. |
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... Abeng , writes that Cliff's self - conscious move from English to Creole mirrors the split subjectivity of the narrator ( 327 ) . While this may be true in Abeng , I argue that in No Telephone to Heaven Cliff blends Patois and English ...
... Abeng , writes that Cliff's self - conscious move from English to Creole mirrors the split subjectivity of the narrator ( 327 ) . While this may be true in Abeng , I argue that in No Telephone to Heaven Cliff blends Patois and English ...
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... abeng , symbol of transmission and resistance , was always oiled and ready ( A 36 ) .11 She was a one - breasted ... Abeng and No Telephone to Heaven . The narrator in Abeng draws a line of descent linking resisting women : " Kitty ...
... abeng , symbol of transmission and resistance , was always oiled and ready ( A 36 ) .11 She was a one - breasted ... Abeng and No Telephone to Heaven . The narrator in Abeng draws a line of descent linking resisting women : " Kitty ...
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... Abeng gives the impression that the poor are trapped in Patois , since only Clare , privileged by an education ... Abeng , we can conclude that she grants Patois a subordinate status because the novel is narrated in English while Patois ...
... Abeng gives the impression that the poor are trapped in Patois , since only Clare , privileged by an education ... Abeng , we can conclude that she grants Patois a subordinate status because the novel is narrated in English while Patois ...
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A CounterHistory of Discovery and Colonization | 19 |
Memory and Women Bodies and History | 45 |
Memory and Resistance | 74 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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