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
"Make it Jamaica. Again ."
12024-05-07T15:49:27+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372c13plain2024-05-07T16:42:38+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372cThis entire advertisement exists in a temporal space that allows the tourist to enter Jamaica and "make it their own." This Neo-Colonial advertisement suggests that the Tourist has the agency and capital to bend and penetrate the land, resources, and populace to fit their desires. Moreover, it implies that geography can be altered to make space for Tourist. When the man, surrounded by young children [which possibly implies a certain Espiean ideology], says, "Make it Jamaica. Again," he is encouraging The Tourist to return to Jamaica and Colonization, by offering the populace as servants. This is further underscored by his dress and the tree behind him, which is eerily similar to the landscape of Plantations.
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12024-05-03T03:53:54+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372c"Come Back To Jamaica" Advertisment [1978]8In 1978, this advertisment was released urging Tourist to return to Jamaica following a period of civil disputes and riots concerning leadership.full2922024-05-07T16:45:47+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372c