Making Life
Work as a Locus of Feminist Rehearsal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5829800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tanya L Shields (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-109 |
| Publication date | 2015-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women Gender and Families of Color (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2326-0939 • E-ISSN: 2326-0947 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5406/womgenfamcol.3.1.0088 |
| OpenAlex | W2006480514 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This essay examines representations of labor in Caribbean literature through the lens of feminist rehearsal, a term I have conceived, to argue that work is a central location in understanding Caribbean women's belonging and power and that it connects them to the sexual and political economies of the region. With feminist rehearsal, I employ the same trope from several vantage points to reach a fuller understanding of the implications of the relational and symbolic power in Meiling Jin's "Victoria" and Lorna Goodison's "Bella Makes Life." These short stories, seen through/as feminist rehearsal, highlight the ways in which work, race, class, and belonging intersect in the Caribbean
BELLA · Trope (literature · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Travel Writing and Literature
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |