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- Title
Textual Healing: Giving Voice to Historical and Personal Experience in the Collective Works of Edwidge Danticat.
- Authors
Shaw, Denise R.
- Abstract
The essay explains the connection of the literary contributions and personal life of writer Edwidge Danticat towards the history of Haitian diaspora in the U.S. Danticat is known for her literary style that uses 3 tools: storytelling connected to Haitian tradition, historical and cultural happenings that affect Haitian imagination, and allusion to essential figures in Haitian folklore. Her style is shown in various works including "Breath, Eyes, Memory," and "The Farming of Bones." INSETS: Edwidge Danticat;Books by Edwidge Danticat.
- Subjects
DANTICAT, Edwidge, 1969-; DIASPORA; LITERARY style; HAITIAN literature; HAITIAN folklore; BREATH, Eyes, Memory (Book); FARMING of Bones, The (Book)
- Publication
Hollins Critic, 2007, Vol 44, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0018-3644
- Publication type
Literary Criticism