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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... land become one . Though Jamaica is specifically tied to Clare , its general link to the feminine also allows it to be set in relation to other female figures such as Miss Mattie and Kitty Savage . Jamaica thereby becomes both the land ...
... land , it is , interestingly enough , the ( black ) colonial male body that be- comes the prime signifier associated with the island or insularity . Xuela speaks of her lover Roland's face as a " twig - brown sea " ( 164 ) in which the ...
... Land , to enlighten the next generation ( of fathers ) and save them from the new nation's greatest enemy : ignorance , and ultimately , itself . Although Salomé and Pancho's story may appear to fit the basic al- legorical format that ...
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of a Dream Deferred | 15 |
Imagining History | 51 |
Edwidge Danticat Jan J Dominique and the | 85 |
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