Brent Little
Biographic Data
| ID | 6639726 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brent Little |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brent |
| FAMILY NAME | Little |
| SIGNATURE | LITTLE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8201-3232 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Who are you”? Questions of Identity in Akpan’s “Luxurious Hearses”
“Luxurious Hearses” is the only story in Uwem Akpan’s collection, Say You’re One of Them, set in Akpan’s native Nigeria. This article argues that the hermeneutical lens of identity uncovers complexities and nuances of the story that can be missed in readings that reduce the novella to a simple meaning of acceptance and tolerance. My reading uncovers an irony laced in the story: in acts of violence against another religious identity, the story’s c…
Ironic Lynchings and Embodied Crucifixions in Morrison’s Paradise
This article explores how the womanist theology of M. Shawn Copeland illuminates the theological dimensions of Toni Morrison’s 1997 novel, Paradise . With reference to Copeland’s thought, I argue that Morrison re-imagines the crucifixion anew during the novel’s climax, in which five socially marginalized and racially diverse women are scapegoated and murdered by male leaders of the all-black town, Ruby. Drawing upon the thought of James Cone and …
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Ironic Lynchings and Embodied Crucifixions in Morrison’s Paradise
This article explores how the womanist theology of M. Shawn Copeland illuminates the theological dimensions of Toni Morrison’s 1997 novel, Paradise . With reference to Copeland’s thought, I argue that Morrison re-imagines the crucifixion anew during the novel’s climax, in which five socially marginalized and racially diverse women are scapegoated and murdered by male leaders of the all-black town, Ruby. Drawing upon the thought of James Cone and …
“Who are you”? Questions of Identity in Akpan’s “Luxurious Hearses”
“Luxurious Hearses” is the only story in Uwem Akpan’s collection, Say You’re One of Them, set in Akpan’s native Nigeria. This article argues that the hermeneutical lens of identity uncovers complexities and nuances of the story that can be missed in readings that reduce the novella to a simple meaning of acceptance and tolerance. My reading uncovers an irony laced in the story: in acts of violence against another religious identity, the story’s c…
African history and culture studies (1 works) · American Sports and Literature (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works) · Embodied cognition (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Faith (1 works) · Identity (music) (1 works)