Sökning: "Edwidge Danticat"

Hittade 2 uppsatser innehållade orden Edwidge Danticat.

1. 1. Mothers and Daughters between Two Cultures in Short Fiction by Edwidge Danticat

   M1-uppsats, Avdelningen för humaniora

   Författare :Kristine Abrahamsson; [2011]
   Nyckelord :Edwidge Danticat; Krik? Krak!; mother-daughter; relationships; immigration;

   Sammanfattning : This essay takes a look at two short stories from the novel Krik? Krak! written by the Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat. The short stories “Caroline’s Wedding” and “New York Day Women” are about mother-daughter relationships where the mothers and daughters are either first or second generations immigrants from Haiti. LÄS MER

3. 2. The Construction of Identity in Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bones

   Master-uppsats, Engelska

   Författare :Mohammad Wahidul Islam; [2009]
   Nyckelord :identity beyond border; post-colonial identity; being border-line therapist; bridging social gaps; Danticat; Homi.K Bhaba; etc;

   Sammanfattning : The Farming of Bones deals with issues surrounding the dynamic connections between identity and boundary construction in post-colonial context. It will present an analysis of how the novelist problematizes and communicates her idea of social and national identity construction to her readers and how the readers can identify themselves with the struggles and challenges of the protagonist Amabelle who is trying to find her own identity. LÄS MER