Irene Pérez-Fernández
Biographic Data
| ID | 164866 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Irene Pérez-Fernández |
| GIVEN NAMES | Irene |
| FAMILY NAME | Pérez-Fernández |
| SIGNATURE | PÉREZ-FERNÁNDEZ I |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Breaking Historical Silence
The institution of slavery was motivated by the production of wealth and the enrichment of a few over devastating costs of a majority, and justified through a rhetoric of dehumanization that constructed slaves as mere objects of commercial exchange. In this paper I will focus on Joan Anim-Addo’s short story “Daughter and His Housekeeper" (2008) and Andrea Levy’s novel The Long Song (2010) as narratives that disrupt traditional representations of …
From over the Seven Seas the Empire's sons came
The work of Andrea Levy has recurrently explored the historical connections between Britain and the Caribbean, and has contributed to the mapping of black British identities. Six Stories and an Essay (2014) continues this theme. In “Uriah’s War”, the final short story of the collection, Levy pursues her concern with the gaps in historical memory by revisiting the Great War at the significant historical time of the centennial anniversary of the ou…
Embodying "twoness in oneness" in Diana Evans's26a
Diana Evans's debut novel 26a deals with the parallel childhood and subsequent dissimilar adult development of a set of female identical twins. Identical twins problematize the definition of identity and individuality by their superfluity, since being an identical twin is paradoxical, in that that one's body is a signifier of both individuality and twoness or duality. This article investigates the space of individual identity. Focusing on the bod…
From over the Seven Seas the Empire's sons came
The work of Andrea Levy has recurrently explored the historical connections between Britain and the Caribbean, and has contributed to the mapping of black British identities. Six Stories and an Essay (2014) continues this theme. In “Uriah’s War”, the final short story of the collection, Levy pursues her concern with the gaps in historical memory by revisiting the Great War at the significant historical time of the centennial anniversary of the ou…
Embodying "twoness in oneness" in Diana Evans's26a
Diana Evans's debut novel 26a deals with the parallel childhood and subsequent dissimilar adult development of a set of female identical twins. Identical twins problematize the definition of identity and individuality by their superfluity, since being an identical twin is paradoxical, in that that one's body is a signifier of both individuality and twoness or duality. This article investigates the space of individual identity. Focusing on the bod…
Embodying "twoness in oneness" in Diana Evans's26a
Diana Evans's debut novel 26a deals with the parallel childhood and subsequent dissimilar adult development of a set of female identical twins. Identical twins problematize the definition of identity and individuality by their superfluity, since being an identical twin is paradoxical, in that that one's body is a signifier of both individuality and twoness or duality. This article investigates the space of individual identity. Focusing on the bod…
Breaking Historical Silence
The institution of slavery was motivated by the production of wealth and the enrichment of a few over devastating costs of a majority, and justified through a rhetoric of dehumanization that constructed slaves as mere objects of commercial exchange. In this paper I will focus on Joan Anim-Addo’s short story “Daughter and His Housekeeper" (2008) and Andrea Levy’s novel The Long Song (2010) as narratives that disrupt traditional representations of …
From over the Seven Seas the Empire's sons came
The work of Andrea Levy has recurrently explored the historical connections between Britain and the Caribbean, and has contributed to the mapping of black British identities. Six Stories and an Essay (2014) continues this theme. In “Uriah’s War”, the final short story of the collection, Levy pursues her concern with the gaps in historical memory by revisiting the Great War at the significant historical time of the centennial anniversary of the ou…
History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · Identity (music (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies (2 works) · White (mutation (2 works)