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    1. "My Body is My Piece of Land": Female Sexuality, Family, and Capital in Caribbean Texts

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Duvivier,Sandra C. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Fall, 2008
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Callaloo
    Journal Title Details:
    31(4) : 1104-1121
    Notes:
    Examines the book Violated by Guitele Jeudy Rahill and the film Dancehall Queen directed by Don Letts. It sites that both works explore the politics of black female sexuality related to upward mobility and economic survival in Caribbean settings. It also examines female sexuality as marketplace and analyzes the use of the black female body for mobility purposes.

    2. A Meeting with Aimé Césaire

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Phyllisa A. Smith (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2008
    Published:
    The Johns Hopkins University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Callaloo
    Journal Title Details:
    31(4) : 987-988

    3. All This "Talk of Slavery"

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Suzette A. Spencer (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2008
    Published:
    The Johns Hopkins University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Callaloo
    Journal Title Details:
    31(2) : 609-613

    6. Obama, the Instability of Color Lines, and the Promise of a Postethnic Future

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hollinger,David A. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Fall, 2008
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Callaloo
    Journal Title Details:
    31(4) : 1033-1037
    Notes:
    Discusses the impact of the presidential campaign of Barack Obama in the U.S. in 2008 examining Obama's black ancestry as well as his self-representation, which generates uncertainty about the meaning of blackness in American life. Looks into some studies examining the social status of African-Americans in the country, including their educational and employment opportunities. Moreover, addresses the social condition of Latin American and Asian American immigrants

    8. The Rainmaker’s Mistake (review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Kelly Baker Josephs (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2008
    Published:
    The Johns Hopkins University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Callaloo
    Journal Title Details:
    31(3) : 938-941