Through the Spectacles of a Non-believer: Diasporic Images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul’s "A Way in the World"
This article seeks to interrogate the fractured identity images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul's collection of memoirs and essays in A Way in the World (1994). It argues that Naipaul's reading and interpretation of the cultural and identity crisis in these region...
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| description | This article seeks to interrogate the fractured identity images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul's collection of memoirs and essays in A Way in the World (1994). It argues that Naipaul's reading and interpretation of the cultural and identity crisis in these regions suffers from a self inflicted alienation that has made him unable to appreciate the possibility of a new beginning at the end of slavery, indentureship and colonialism. Naipaul in this regard becomes a typical non-believer whose vision of the Caribbeans, Africa and Latin America is blighted by images of cyclic futility, macabre circumstances of existence, violence and primordial ritualism. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-10142022-06-27T13:49:06Z Through the Spectacles of a Non-believer: Diasporic Images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul’s "A Way in the World" Javangwe, Tasiyana D. Cultural Identity Cultural identity - Africa Cultural identity - Latin America Cultural identity - Antilles This article seeks to interrogate the fractured identity images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul's collection of memoirs and essays in A Way in the World (1994). It argues that Naipaul's reading and interpretation of the cultural and identity crisis in these regions suffers from a self inflicted alienation that has made him unable to appreciate the possibility of a new beginning at the end of slavery, indentureship and colonialism. Naipaul in this regard becomes a typical non-believer whose vision of the Caribbeans, Africa and Latin America is blighted by images of cyclic futility, macabre circumstances of existence, violence and primordial ritualism. 2016-04-25T11:16:18Z 2016-04-25T11:16:18Z 2009 Article 0256-6060 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1014 en Unlsa Latin American Report;Vol. 1 no. 2 open |
| spellingShingle | Cultural Identity Cultural identity - Africa Cultural identity - Latin America Cultural identity - Antilles Javangwe, Tasiyana D. Through the Spectacles of a Non-believer: Diasporic Images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul’s "A Way in the World" |
| title | Through the Spectacles of a Non-believer: Diasporic Images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul’s "A Way in the World" |
| title_full | Through the Spectacles of a Non-believer: Diasporic Images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul’s "A Way in the World" |
| title_fullStr | Through the Spectacles of a Non-believer: Diasporic Images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul’s "A Way in the World" |
| title_full_unstemmed | Through the Spectacles of a Non-believer: Diasporic Images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul’s "A Way in the World" |
| title_short | Through the Spectacles of a Non-believer: Diasporic Images of the Antilles, Africa and Latin America in V.S. Naipaul’s "A Way in the World" |
| title_sort | through the spectacles of a non-believer: diasporic images of the antilles, africa and latin america in v.s. naipaul’s "a way in the world" |
| topic | Cultural Identity Cultural identity - Africa Cultural identity - Latin America Cultural identity - Antilles |
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