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    21. 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.;

    23. Domestic Blast (Book review)

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Kaplan,Erin Aubry (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Winter2013
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Ms. (Ms.)
    Journal Title Details:
    23(1) : 57-59
    Notes:
    Reviews the book "See Now Then," by Jamaica Kincaid.

    25. Embattled Grounds: Resistance, Representation, and the Literary Landscaping of Postcolonial Space

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Weatherston,Rosemary (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2001
    Published:
    Melbourne: The Association
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    A.U.M.L.A.: Journal of the Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association
    Journal Title Details:
    96 : 135-153

    26. Ennobling Savagery? Sentimentalism and the Subaltern in Sab

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Branche,Jerome (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Fall 1998
    Published:
    United States: Vanderbilt University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Afro - Hispanic Review
    Journal Title Details:
    17(2) : 12-23
    Notes:
    Examines the role of abolitionist and feminist ideals in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's novel Sab. Highlights the power and gender relations in Sab, suggesting that previous interpretations of the novel have not addressed the role of these relations as a function of race relations in the slave colony of Cuba. Discusses the themes of interracial relationships and personal identity.;

    27. From 'Griffonne'

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hopkinson,Nalo (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Winter, 2003
    Published:
    Baton Rouge: Callaloo
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Callaloo
    Journal Title Details:
    26(1) : 170-181
    Notes:
    An excerpt from Hopkinson's novel 'Griffonne' is presented