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
Dennis-Benn. Here Comes The Sun, 166.pdf
12024-05-07T01:11:01+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372c11plain2024-05-07T01:11:01+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372cSea Island Development [Naylor, Pg6]The image above is an excerpt from Gloria Naylor’s novel, Mama Day, which features the fictional sea-Island community of Willow Springs. The novel’s narrator describes the commodification and exploitation of other Sea Islands, such as Hilton Head, Daufuskie, and St. John’s. Similar to Dennis-Benn’s narrator, this one suggests that the developers want to buy up land to create a “Paradise” [shoreline resorts and cultural attractions] for tourism at the expense of the local residents.
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12024-05-03T03:38:40+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372cThe Great "Chi-Chi Man" DebateMav Smith3This article, written by I. Jabulani Tafari, underscores the homophobic violence that takes place in Jamaica. The article documents a “Boycott Jamaica” campaign carried out by a California gay-wrongs lobby group in the city of San Francisco due to a [alleged] spike in attacks on Jamaica’s homosexual population. The purpose of the boycott was to put pressure on the Jamaican government and private-sector interests.plain2712024-05-08T02:49:51+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372c