An angry voice from paradise
Jamaica Kincaid's a small place as a teaching resource
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11954836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liz Young (University of Staffordshire, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-96 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Geography in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8265 • E-ISSN: 1466-1845 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03098269508709291 |
| OpenAlex | W2103471977 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper describes the advantages of using a ‘non‐academic’ text (A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid) as a resource for teaching undergraduate geographers about colonialism, neo‐colonialism and international tourism. Its values as reading material for seminars include: it is very provocative and invariably inspires students to comment; it encourages students to understand the specifics of ‘a small place’ in the context of an historically constructed world economy; it urges students to reflect on their role as participants in the contemporary international political economy; and it may be used to introduce some important contemporary debates about the nature of knowledge creation and assumptions of academic objectivity
Archaeology · Art history · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Objectivity (philosophy · Paradise · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Global Education and Multiculturalism · History · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Law · Philosophy · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2014 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |