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    16. Selling that Caribbean Woman Down the River: Diasporic Travel Narratives and the Global Economy

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Forbes,Curdella (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    April 2005
    Published:
    Barbados: University of West Indies
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Journal of West Indian Literature
    Journal Title Details:
    13(1/2) : 1-28
    Notes:
    The African diaspora's search for both a collective voice and a freedom of identity has led many writers to be liberated only at the expense of being marketed and made part of the publishing machine. Forbes compares this marketplace to the "trading post," referring to the contact points where African slaves were bought and sold. Searching for new targets, many times the African diaspora's voice is cut by sales driven marketing. In illustrating his points, Forbes focuses on five travel narratives in this essay, including books by such authors Mary Seacole, Marlene Nourbese Philip, Jamaica Kincaid, Terry McMillan, and John Edgar Wideman.;