عنوان

Representations of matrifocality in contemporary Anglophone Caribbean fiction

شماره

TLets770978

عنوان اصلي

Representations of matrifocality in contemporary Anglophone Caribbean fiction

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Renaud, Leighan

نام ساير پديدآوران

Evans, Lucy ; Feghali, Zalfa

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Leicester

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2018

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

University of Leicester

امتياز متن

2018

متن يادداشت

This thesis explores the representation of African Caribbean matrifocality in the novels of five twenty-first century writers from the Caribbean: Jacob Ross' Pynter Bender (2008); Marlon James' The Book of Night Women (2009); Erna Brodber's Nothing's Mat (2014); Marie-Elena John's Unburnable (2006); and Nalo Hopkinson's The Salt Roads (2003). Matrifocality, meaning mother-centric or mother-focused, has been of interest within the social sciences for almost a century, particularly within the Caribbean region, and continues to be a subject of interest within the discipline. My thesis offers an analysis of the representation of matrifocality in fiction, and a consideration of what fictional engagement with the phenomenon contributes to existing and emerging debates. By situating my literary analysis of my key texts alongside debates from sociology, anthropology and history, I advocate for a multi-disciplinary approach to Caribbean literature that positions fiction as an interesting site of analysis within wider cultural studies. This thesis argues that matrifocality is represented in my five key novels as an integral component of family and community life, and functions as a driving force for each text's storyline. I argue that each of the novels I analyse engages with existing debates about matrifocality in the Caribbean - such as tropes of missing or marginal men, the African influence on the phenomenon, and a rejection of patriarchy. Though each novel is highly unique, each positions matrifocality as a symbol of resistance against patriarchal and Eurocentric normativity, and as an important literary trope. I suggest that the novelists imagine and write matrifocality as a distinctively Caribbean phenomenon that has been influenced by the African traditions of the region's majority population, and each attempts to reject dated misconceptions of matrifocality as a fractured system, by positioning it as a family and community structure that encourages strength and autonomy among African Caribbean women.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Renaud, Leighan

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Feghali, Zalfa

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Evans, Lucy

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Leicester

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y