Jamaica Kincaid: A critical study.

Title: Jamaica Kincaid: A critical study.
Identifier: AAI9432382
identifier: 9432382
Creator: Simmons, Diane Ellis.
Contributor: Adviser: Neal Tolchin
Date: 1994
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Literature, American | Literature, Modern | Biography | Literature, Caribbean
Abstract: The work of West Indian author, Jamaica Kincaid, is permeated by a sense of loss, betrayal, and domination, explored first in the treachery of a once-adored mother, then through the actions of the British colonial power which dominates the Antigua of Kincaid's childhood. This theme is seen in Kincaid's first, surreal book of short stories, At the Bottom of the River, and in her two novels, the coming-of-age story, Annie John, and Lucy, the account of a young, West Indian au pair who comes to work for a rich, white American family. The theme of betrayal and domination, and of an increasing anger at having been somehow trapped into turning against oneself, is seen most powerfully in Kincaid's long essay, A Small Place, in which the author revisits her home after an absence of twenty years. Though the British are gone, they have been effectively replaced by white, American tourists. They, with the unconscious complicity of black Antiguans, keep the drama of dominance alive. Available in book form from Twayne Publishers.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.