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
There is an emphasis on European imported items. Not only does this demonstrate how the luxuries of the island are designated for the tourists, it also shows the remnants of colonialism.
1media/Image 4-24-24 at 8.58 PM_thumb.jpeg2024-04-25T00:59:43+00:00Liam Maurillo35d4807d872a32d0acd1978d90c786506b31bb24Tourism in Jamaica8This primary source is a vintage tourism advertisement for Jamaica from 1950. It was put out by the Jamaica Tourist Board, which held two offices in the United States at the time this was released. The advertisement shows an image of a white couple enjoying a tranquil Jamaica beach, as well as various incentives enticing tourists from neocolonialist powers to visit the island. Vivid language is used to paint Jamaica as the perfect tourist destination. The advertisement fails to expose the real Jamaica. It does not display any native Jamaicans and creates a mirage of the island designed to appeal to tourists while neglecting those who live there. Advertisements similar to this one were common throughout American and European tourism boards and used similar vivid language to create a unifying image of all Caribbean islands as places of pure relaxation where tourists could come and be treated like royalty. Unknowingly, these tourists would be participating in neocolonialism, and to a much lesser extent, were involved in the exploitation of the local people of the Caribbean islands in a similar way to the colonizers who came a few centuries prior. (Jamaica Tourist Board)media/Image 4-24-24 at 8.58 PM.jpegplain2024-05-02T02:10:15+00:00Liam Maurillo35d4807d872a32d0acd1978d90c786506b31bb24