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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... scientific racism in the nineteenth century . Parsons , the father , offered his daughter his accounts of freeing slaves and instilled pride in her : " Never fear , never panic , never ' hey- nigger - stand - and - deliver " ( FE 110 ...
... scientific racism in the nineteenth century . Parsons , the father , offered his daughter his accounts of freeing slaves and instilled pride in her : " Never fear , never panic , never ' hey- nigger - stand - and - deliver " ( FE 110 ...
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... scientific racism . The notion that blacks belonged to a lower race meant that , like animals , slaves could be gazed at and manhandled on the auction block ; they could be whipped or neglected , and their death signified only monetary ...
... scientific racism . The notion that blacks belonged to a lower race meant that , like animals , slaves could be gazed at and manhandled on the auction block ; they could be whipped or neglected , and their death signified only monetary ...
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... scientific racism , 68 , 125 sites of memory , 5 , 22-23 , 37-38 , 158 , 174 N8 slavery , veiled , 34–37 Smith Lillian , 20-21 Smith , Paul , 104 Sontag , Susan , 125 subjectivity , 10–11 , 103–32 sugar industry , 30-31 , 33 Sula , 152 ...
... scientific racism , 68 , 125 sites of memory , 5 , 22-23 , 37-38 , 158 , 174 N8 slavery , veiled , 34–37 Smith Lillian , 20-21 Smith , Paul , 104 Sontag , Susan , 125 subjectivity , 10–11 , 103–32 sugar industry , 30-31 , 33 Sula , 152 ...
Table des matières
A CounterHistory of Discovery and Colonization | 19 |
Memory and Women Bodies and History | 45 |
Memory and Resistance | 74 |
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