This Ain't Paris Sweetie
Exploring West African and French Identity in the Southern United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2385491 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joelle Cruz (Texas A&M University, College Station,), Joëlle M Cruz (0000-0001-6019-487X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 792-800 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1077-8004 • E-ISSN: 1552-7565 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1077800410383125 |
| OpenAlex | W2132192719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
This autoethnography explores West African and French identity in the Southern United States. Seven short poems trace back a journey from West Africa and France to the American South and flesh out the contours of a transient and suspended self. A brown immigrant woman, my text reconstructs the embodied experience of racism and sexism in a small conservative community. Poetic prose helps to capture the elusive nature of a narrative, best expressed through fragmentary impressions. These bits written in half-dream state bring to life the folding and unfolding of identity/ies in a foreign land. They also offer a political and cultural reflection on racism, sexism, and immigration. Finally, because they open many windows to other narratives, they shed light on intertextuality in autoethnographic practice, through what I call the "Russian Dolls" metaphor
Aesthetics · Art · Autoethnography · Dream · Identity (music · Immigration · Intertextuality · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Narrative · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |