Isis Semaj-Hall
Biographic Data
| ID | 1394637 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isis Semaj-Hall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isis |
| FAMILY NAME | Semaj-Hall |
| SIGNATURE | SEMAJ-HALL I |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Leaning Into the Silence
"Every Poet is Trying to Reach for Their Own Sound"
Communal Voices
[Sic] with Contagion
Constructing a dub identity
In this essay, Isis Semaj-Hall explores the intersections of being Jamaican, American, black, woman, and mother. Using what she terms a dub aesthetic, Semaj-Hall juxtaposes her circular migration with the Dominican characters in Junot Diaz's fiction as well as the autobiographical story told by Jamaican author Anthony Winkler. Using Trinidadian-Canadian author Ramabai Espinet as a literary anchor, Semaj-Hall questions how the familiar memory beco…
A Poetics of Performance
(2017). A Poetics of Performance: The Oral-Scribal Aesthetic in Anglophone Caribbean Fiction. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 63, The Caribbean Stage: From Traditional Theatre to Modern Performances, pp. 400-404
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A Poetics of Performance
(2017). A Poetics of Performance: The Oral-Scribal Aesthetic in Anglophone Caribbean Fiction. Caribbean Quarterly: Vol. 63, The Caribbean Stage: From Traditional Theatre to Modern Performances, pp. 400-404
Constructing a dub identity
In this essay, Isis Semaj-Hall explores the intersections of being Jamaican, American, black, woman, and mother. Using what she terms a dub aesthetic, Semaj-Hall juxtaposes her circular migration with the Dominican characters in Junot Diaz's fiction as well as the autobiographical story told by Jamaican author Anthony Winkler. Using Trinidadian-Canadian author Ramabai Espinet as a literary anchor, Semaj-Hall questions how the familiar memory beco…
[Sic] with Contagion
Communal Voices
Leaning Into the Silence
"Every Poet is Trying to Reach for Their Own Sound"
Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (2 works) · African American poetry (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art, Technology, and Culture (1 work)