Here Comes the Sun: Deconstructed Student EssaysMain MenuAFR 283: Islands, Archipelagoes and Black Women's Literature“The islands provide me, from a technical point of view, a microcosm in which can be seen in sharp relief many of the basic problems and conflicts which beset oppressed peoples everywhere.” -Paule Marshall, “Shaping the World of My Art”Critical VocabularyLanding page for Critical Vocab TermsUnessaysThis is the launchpad for deconstructed essaysRandi Gill-Sadler4a914792fbfb2078ef84e08319c412098bd9b469
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12024-05-01T20:14:23+00:00Jo Papadopoulou31d41c0f35957ccea5dfbc5263a6f7d8d44db99312plain2024-05-01T20:16:16+00:00Jo Papadopoulou31d41c0f35957ccea5dfbc5263a6f7d8d44db993The ad invites toursist to come back to the island after a period of decrease in tourist activity. This invitation is visually to come back to the "tranquility" of a Caribbean vacation but in reality it is to come back to the temporality of colonialism and slavery. The "again" shows the imperial nostalgia these tourism ads and narratives often portray.
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