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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... mother does not guarantee the possibility of personal liberation . For example , the essay Annie John writes about her mother is one that deliberately glosses over their deteriorating relationship : " I couldn't bear to show my mother ...
... mother's symbolic arrival di- rectly coincides with the onset of Annie's sexual maturation and fore- shadows the ... mother further suggests that the female body , which unites daughter and mother in biological sameness , will eventually ...
... mother women over time . Motherless from birth , Xuela has no such tales stored in her memories . The only stories she can recall are about her mother and come from the few who knew her . Thus , when the nar- rator speaks her mother's ...
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of a Dream Deferred | 15 |
Imagining History | 51 |
Edwidge Danticat Jan J Dominique and the | 85 |
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