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    4. An Act of 'Unruly' Savagery: Re-Writing Black Rebellion in the Language of the Colonizer, Herbert G. de Lisser's the White Witch of Rosehall

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Dawes,Kwame S. N. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    1994
    Published:
    Mona, Jamaica: Extra Mural Dept. of the University College of the West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Caribbean Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    40(1) : 1-12
    Notes:
    Jamaican author (of European and African ancestry) H. G. De Lisser's novel the White Witch of Rosehall reflects arrogant European colonizing attitudes toward savage blacks in early 20th-century Jamaica

    5. Correcting "a Touch of the Brush": Afro-Caribbean Racial Identity and Shame in Francisco Arrivi's Los vejigantes and Carlos Guillermo Wilson's Chombo

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Edison,Thomas Wayne (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Fall 2004
    Published:
    United States: Venderbilt University
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Afro-Hispanic Review
    Journal Title Details:
    23(2) : 45-53
    Notes:
    Within sectors of North America's African-American community, the colloquial expression "being touched by the brush" describes a multi-ethnic individual that possesses subtle Negroid physical features which are only detectable by close inspection by a "trained eye." Here, Edison discusses the historical factors in Puerto Rico and Panama that make up the foundation upon which Francisco Arrivi's "Los Vejigantes" and Carlos Guillermo Wilson's "Chombo" were constructed.;

    10. Review of On beauty by Zadie Smith (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Warikoo,Natasha Kumar (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2009
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Sociological Forum
    Journal Title Details:
    24(2) : 468-471
    Notes:
    Reviews a novel about the lives of a mixed-race British/American family living in the United States. In its depiction of African Americans, White Americans, Britons, and Caribbean immigrants, the book demonstrates Americans' obsession with race. In addition to the contrast between desires for racial authenticity and class mobility, Smith’s novel exposes the variability of Black America, and especially the intersection between class and race.