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
The Construction of Paradise, [Dennis-Benn, 389]
12024-05-07T01:12:36+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372c13In the image above, the narrator details the reaction of the landscape to the developers arriving for the construction of the hotel. This passage spotlights the history that is being erased by the developers' encroachment on the land. The earthquake cements the sacrifices the island and population are forced to make for the creation of a “Paradise” for the Tourist.plain2024-05-08T01:50:55+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372cThe Great "Chi-Chi Man" DebateThis 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.
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12024-05-03T03:39:35+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372cTyrall PlantationMav Smith5In October 1948, photographer Toni Frissell, took a photo of a “fashion model in a gown” on the lawn of the Tyrall Plantation in Jamaica. The first record of the Tyrall Plantation was in 1639 when Richard Tankard sold 20 men’s land and later 33 more. In 1750, The Plantation was in the Tyrall family and it remained until 1843 [The Year Slavery Abolished in Jamaica]. During this period, the Estate was more than 625 and had 112 enslaved Africans laboring [1829].plain2022024-05-08T01:44:46+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372c