Affect in A Small Place: Jamaica Kincaid Reverses the Colonial Gaze
This essay uses Sara Ahmed's theory of affect to analyze Jamaica Kincaid´s A Small Place. I argue that Jamaica Kincaid uses anger to create a position for Western reader and to evoke emotions such as shame. Theorist Sara Ahmed argues that emotions have political dimension. Thus, I will use Sara...
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Language: | English |
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Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kultur och lärande
2015
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-27812 |