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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... dominant system , they become " revolutionary ” subjects that destabilize the system . Consequently , like Paul Smith's " agents " ( xxxv ) , Cliff's subjects transform " contradictions and disturbances " into resistance . In No ...
... dominant system , they become " revolutionary ” subjects that destabilize the system . Consequently , like Paul Smith's " agents " ( xxxv ) , Cliff's subjects transform " contradictions and disturbances " into resistance . In No ...
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... dominant language ; however , that role is subverted in the rural community , the " other " Jamaica , where Patois ... dominant in her territory and suggesting that her choice is a deliberate refusal to use the colonizing language ...
... dominant language ; however , that role is subverted in the rural community , the " other " Jamaica , where Patois ... dominant in her territory and suggesting that her choice is a deliberate refusal to use the colonizing language ...
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... dominant language , this strategy illustrates the dialectic function of the dominant language as a means of liberation as well as of enslavement . Slaves saw through the dominant linguistic codes and understood their power to disguise ...
... dominant language , this strategy illustrates the dialectic function of the dominant language as a means of liberation as well as of enslavement . Slaves saw through the dominant linguistic codes and understood their power to disguise ...
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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