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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... Raiskin , in an insightful interpretation of Cliff's " creolization " of race and gender , remarks that Michelle Cliff offers " a rich exploration of creole consciousness through her incisive analysis of creole identity and the politics ...
... Raiskin , in an insightful interpretation of Cliff's " creolization " of race and gender , remarks that Michelle Cliff offers " a rich exploration of creole consciousness through her incisive analysis of creole identity and the politics ...
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... ( Raiskin " The Art of History " 65 ) . In Free Enteprise , Cliff takes history to task for ignoring female collaboration : " when the smoke cleared , the name officially attached to the deed was John Brown . Who ever heard of Annie ...
... ( Raiskin " The Art of History " 65 ) . In Free Enteprise , Cliff takes history to task for ignoring female collaboration : " when the smoke cleared , the name officially attached to the deed was John Brown . Who ever heard of Annie ...
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... Raiskin ( 186 ) have indicated that Cliff's text not only repeats but reverses the scene by making the light - skinned girl the attacker , and , as Raiskin adds , act out her " desire to close the gap or wound " between them ( 186 ) ...
... Raiskin ( 186 ) have indicated that Cliff's text not only repeats but reverses the scene by making the light - skinned girl the attacker , and , as Raiskin adds , act out her " desire to close the gap or wound " between them ( 186 ) ...
Table des matières
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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