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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... argues that the portrayal of women as the slave owners ' sexual victims in abolitionist writing and slave narratives by men debased women by assuming their lack of chastity and hinting at their animal sexuality ( Carby Reconstructing 35 ...
... argues that the portrayal of women as the slave owners ' sexual victims in abolitionist writing and slave narratives by men debased women by assuming their lack of chastity and hinting at their animal sexuality ( Carby Reconstructing 35 ...
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... argues for teaching Creole alongside French to validate the worldview it represents ; in addition , he advocates multilingualism , which means not only " the ability to speak several languages [ but ] the passionate desire to accept and ...
... argues for teaching Creole alongside French to validate the worldview it represents ; in addition , he advocates multilingualism , which means not only " the ability to speak several languages [ but ] the passionate desire to accept and ...
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... argues that from a " post - structural cultural feminist perspective , " Cliff's project of " revolutionary social ... argue that for Cliff " gender is not really about difference but is in actuality a system of dominance , " a position ...
... argues that from a " post - structural cultural feminist perspective , " Cliff's project of " revolutionary social ... argue that for Cliff " gender is not really about difference but is in actuality a system of dominance , " a position ...
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A CounterHistory of Discovery and Colonization | 19 |
Memory and Women Bodies and History | 45 |
Memory and Resistance | 74 |
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