TY  - BOOK
PY  - 2000
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Michelle Cliff's Novels
T2  - Piecing the Tapestry of Memory and History
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1090865
N2  - At the center of Jamaican-born Michelle Cliff's novels is the exploration of the interplay between memory and history. Noraida Agosto examines Cliff's representation of memory as the part of history that has been suppressed because of its revolutionary potential. Memories of slave rebellions, for instance, were erased through omission from official historical accounts to discourage resistance among slaves. Cliff's novels are an attempt to recover these erased memories, which could generate resistance to modern oppressions. This recovery of devalued memories also entails a validation of non-elite beliefs, languages, and art forms in order to debunk dominant practices.
KW  - Slave rebellion, History alteration, Resistance, Oppression, Revolutionary potential
LA  - English
ER  -