Allegories of Desire: Body, Nation, and Empire in Modern Caribbean Literature by WomenBloomsbury Academic, 23 févr. 2004 - 209 pages This book explores the relationship between famous and fictional Caribbean female bodies to literary and historical writing. |
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... gender and gender relations are concerned . The discourse they thereby create be- comes allegorical in the way it points to aspects of Haitian culture that have been hidden by ( masculinist ) histories . For Paul , the occupation marks ...
... gender difference . The figure Ferré sketches in her article suggests a woman who is in full control of her powers of reason and decision , but also one who disallows herself to be overwhelmed by the ambiguity of her ( cultural and ...
... gender roles , itself the product of a machista Puerto Rican culture . For example , in her youth , Ferré briefly aspired to become a journalist . However , this desire was thwarted by her father , who would not let her do so . As she ...
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of a Dream Deferred | 15 |
Imagining History | 51 |
Edwidge Danticat Jan J Dominique and the | 85 |
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