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
Geographic Erasure through Imperalism, [Dennis-Benn, 47]
12024-05-07T01:08:30+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372c13In the image above, the narrator identifies the resort as a geography independent of Jamaica. Though physically located in Jamaica, the resort features food and art from other parts of the globe. This underscores the imperialistic documentation and recording of history, which erases the distinct cultures and identities of countries and replaces them with Western capital and industry.plain2024-05-07T22:55:51+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372cCoffee Plantations JamaicaCoffee Plantation in Jamaica, photographed by Carlton Harlow Graves
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1media/Negerdorp op Jamaïca_thumb.jpg2024-05-03T03:35:20+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372cGeography, JamaïcaMav Smith6The photography was taken by French photographer, Adolphe Duperly, who established a firm in Jamaica in either 1840 or 1842. He is known for photographing “Negro populations.”plain1952024-05-07T21:13:45+00:00Mav Smith9a861b1984986195f3a33a732e08ba264e4a372c
