Olive Senior
Biographic Data
| ID | 377168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olive Senior |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olive |
| FAMILY NAME | Senior |
| SIGNATURE | SENIOR O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal
The popular West Indian migration narrative often starts with the “Windrush Generation”in 1950s’ England, but in Dying to Better Themselves Olive Senior examines an earlier narrative: that of the neglected post-emancipation generation of the 1850s who were lured to Panama by the promise of lucrative work and who initiated a pattern of circular migration that would transform the islands economically, socially and politically well into the twentiet…
Memories, Dreams and Reflections: W asafiri T ales from A round the W orld
Leila Aboulela A Link to the Wider World Leila Aboulela was born in 1964 and grew up in Khartoum. Her novel, The Translator, was published to critical acclaim in 1999 and longlisted for the Orange
Poems: Canefield Surprised by Emptiness; Cane Gang; Fishing in the Waters Where My Dreams Lie; Sweet Bwoy Riddle
The Pain Tree
You Think I Mad, Miss
Working Miracles: Women's Lives in the English-speaking Caribbean
This text takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of women and gender issues in the Caribbean. Olive Senior, using her imaginative skills as a poet, has written a readable books based on a substantial academic examination of women's lives and work in fourteen countries of the Caribbean. In addition she uses examples from literature and popular culture, adn the voices of the women themselves. Caribbean: ISER, University of the West Indies
Working Miracles: Women's Lives in the English-Speaking Caribbean
The tenantry of birds
Nansi 'Tory
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And What of the Headlines
Letter From The Lesser World
To The Madwoman in My Yard
Cockpit Country Dreams
Searching for Grandfather
Arrival of the Snake-Woman
Reaching My Station
See the Tiki Tiki Scatter
Working Miracles: Women's Lives in the English-Speaking Caribbean
Memories, Dreams and Reflections: W asafiri T ales from A round the W orld
Leila Aboulela A Link to the Wider World Leila Aboulela was born in 1964 and grew up in Khartoum. Her novel, The Translator, was published to critical acclaim in 1999 and longlisted for the Orange
Arrival of the Snake-Woman
Nansi 'Tory
X
And What of the Headlines
Letter From The Lesser World
To The Madwoman in My Yard
Cockpit Country Dreams
Searching for Grandfather
Arrival of the Snake-Woman
Reaching My Station
See the Tiki Tiki Scatter
The tenantry of birds
Working Miracles: Women's Lives in the English-speaking Caribbean
This text takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of women and gender issues in the Caribbean. Olive Senior, using her imaginative skills as a poet, has written a readable books based on a substantial academic examination of women's lives and work in fourteen countries of the Caribbean. In addition she uses examples from literature and popular culture, adn the voices of the women themselves. Caribbean: ISER, University of the West Indies
Working Miracles: Women's Lives in the English-Speaking Caribbean
You Think I Mad, Miss
The Pain Tree
Poems: Canefield Surprised by Emptiness; Cane Gang; Fishing in the Waters Where My Dreams Lie; Sweet Bwoy Riddle
Memories, Dreams and Reflections: W asafiri T ales from A round the W orld
Leila Aboulela A Link to the Wider World Leila Aboulela was born in 1964 and grew up in Khartoum. Her novel, The Translator, was published to critical acclaim in 1999 and longlisted for the Orange
Dying to Better Themselves: West Indians and the Building of the Panama Canal
The popular West Indian migration narrative often starts with the “Windrush Generation”in 1950s’ England, but in Dying to Better Themselves Olive Senior examines an earlier narrative: that of the neglected post-emancipation generation of the 1850s who were lured to Panama by the promise of lucrative work and who initiated a pattern of circular migration that would transform the islands economically, socially and politically well into the twentiet…
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