Distinction and Dialogism in Jamaica
Myal by Erna Brodber
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8900988 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Collette Maximin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-60 |
| Publication date | 2000-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Caribbean Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-6495 • E-ISSN: 2470-6302 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00086495.2000.11672108 |
| OpenAlex | W125393892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Two competing models may serve to interpret Caribbean society and creative writing: the theory of distinction expounded by Pierre Bourdieu1 and the poetics of hybridization worked out by Mikhail Bakhtine.2 Those models are grounded on common assumptions: aesthetics and politics are interwoven and popular culture plays a decisive part in the self-definition of all the classes. Still, those writers describe opposite trends and have divergent outlooks on the lower classes. While the former insists on their subordinate status, the latter brings out their cultural attraction for the other layers. Hence the polarization of the academy and its preference for either theory . Which of these frameworks is the more suitable in a colonial/post-colonial context ? Not only the analysis of social segmentation but also the exploration of a particular novel will throw light on this issue. Paradigms are provided by Jamaica, by its reality and literary output. Myal a novel by Erna Brodber will illustrate the role of the modern artist
Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Literature · Poetics · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · History · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |