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
"a slave girl named Heidi flung herself into the sea after finding out that she was pregnant with her master's baby"
12024-05-07T02:27:23+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd512plain2024-05-07T14:15:00+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd5The ocean waves are personified through the legend of Pregnant Heidi, who chose to commit suicide rather than to birth her master’s child. The romantic association between island women and tropical waters is subverted by this instance of violence and anger. This raises the question: Who are island geographies romantic for? For whom is the Caribbean romanticized? Given this explicit reference to the history of sexual violence which haunts the landscape, it is clear that the romantic illusion obscures the history of exploitation which is written into the landscape.
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1media/passage#1_thumb.jpeg2024-04-23T17:51:05+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd5Romanticism and Rape2media/passage#1.jpegplain2024-05-07T02:18:34+00:00Isa DeGuzman805a886c69a39304788a9525343ec216de489bd5