In this Book
- Jamaica Kincaid: Writing Memory, Writing Back to the Mother
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
Haunted by the memories of her powerfully destructive mother, Jamaica Kincaid is a writer out of necessity. Born Elaine Potter Richardson, Kincaid grew up in the West Indies in the shadow of her deeply contemptuous and abusive mother, Annie Drew. Drawing heavily on Kincaid’s many remarks on the autobiographical sources of her writings, J. Brooks Bouson investigates the ongoing construction of Kincaid’s autobiographical and political identities. She focuses attention on what many critics find so enigmatic and what lies at the heart of Kincaid’s fiction and nonfiction work: the “mother mystery.” Bouson demonstrates, through careful readings, how Kincaid uses her writing to transform her feelings of shame into pride as she wins the praise of an admiring critical establishment and an ever-growing reading public.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- PART I: In the Shadow of the Mother
- PART II: A Very Personal Politics
- PART III: Family Portraits
- Works Cited
- pp. 221-231
- Index [Includes Back Cover]
- pp. 233-242
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791482926
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
76786815
Pages
252
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No