dc.contributor.advisor |
Pinson, Hermine |
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dc.contributor.author |
Beal, Michelle Collette, 1972- |
en_US |
dc.date.accessioned |
2010-09-14T15:46:31Z |
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dc.date.available |
2010-12-07T05:00:14Z |
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dc.date.issued |
1998 |
en_US |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10288/13145 |
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dc.description.abstract |
"In her non-fiction work A Small Place, Kincaid writes “I met the world through England, and if the world wanted to meet me it would have to do so through England” (33). Raised in a society where an European value system was enforced has created a conflict in Kincaid’s identity formation. Her struggle to achieve a sense of identity that may integrate the demands and contradictions presented by an European/Caribbean upbringing surface in her writings while bringing to the fore the implications of colonialism on the formation of a Caribbean identity. Importantly, Kincaid makes use of her colonial upbringing and through it she is able to revise history, reclaim a voice, and redefine an identity. As Diane Simmons notes, “In her decision to use, rather than repress, her colonial education, Kincaid may be in the vanguard of a new generation of post-colonial writers” (57)." |
en_US |
dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en_US |
dc.publisher |
College of William and Mary |
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dc.subject |
Self in literature |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Colonies in literature |
en_US |
dc.subject |
Kincaid, Jamaica--Criticism and interpretation |
en_US |
dc.title |
Jamaica Kincaid and the rewriting of other as self |
en_US |
dc.type |
Text |
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thesis.degree.level |
Masters of Arts |
en_US |
thesis.degree.discipline |
English |
en_US |
thesis.degree.grantor |
College of William and Mary |
en_US |
dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Braxton, Joanne |
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dc.contributor.committeeMember |
Burns, Christy |
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dc.type.genre |
Electronic Dissertation or Thesis |
en_US |