Dem tief, dem a dam tief
Jamaica Kincaid's Literature of Protest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3584483 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Helen Scott (0000-0002-5784-121X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 977-989 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Callaloo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-2492 • E-ISSN: 1080-6512 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/cal.2002.0141 |
| OpenAlex | W2052961842 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
In 1951 British writer and tourist Alec Waugh published a short piece about Antigua in Holiday Magazine. After enthusing about the blue sea, white sands, and fine architecture Waugh turns to the people: "The Antiguans are a fascinating mixture of imported Africa and colonial England, and still retain the fetishes of the bush. 'Is good moon for planting tannias,' they will tell you. The moon rules their lives. . . Their belief in obeah—a kind of necromancy—persists" (Waugh 259). Soon after, he returns to the question of entertainment
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Colonialism · Entertainment · Tourism · Visual arts · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · History · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Travel Writing and Literature · Architecture
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2020 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |