The island that is my body

territory, gender and coloniality in Here comes the sun, by Nicole Dennis-Benn

Authors

  • Sabrina da Paixão Bresio Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21680/1984-817X.2020v16n2ID20284

Keywords:

Spatialities, Coloniality, Genre

Abstract

In her firt novel, Nicole Dennis-Benn portrays the daily life of Montego Bay, north coast of Jamaica, through the eyes of four protagonists. The author, Jamaican by birth, moves to the United States at the age of 17 to study medicine. Master in Public Health, she left her role as a researcher at Columbia University to dedicate
herself to writing. In 2016 he published the book Here Comes the Sun, translated in Brazil as Welcome to Paradise, being received with attention and good criticism from the specialized media, nominated for several literary awards, and won the Lambda Literary Award.

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Author Biography

Sabrina da Paixão Bresio, Universidade de São Paulo

Mestra e Doutoranda pela Faculdade de Educação da USP na linha de pesquisa Cultura, Filosofia e História da Educação. Membro do Lab_Arte (laboratório experimental de arte-educação & cultura) e do GEIFEC (Grupo de Estudos sobre Itinerários de Formação em Educação e Cultura). Pesquisadora do Centro de Pesquisa e Formação do Sesc SP.

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Published

18-07-2020

How to Cite

DA PAIXÃO BRESIO, S. The island that is my body: territory, gender and coloniality in Here comes the sun, by Nicole Dennis-Benn. Espacialidades Journal, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 2, p. 308–313, 2020. DOI: 10.21680/1984-817X.2020v16n2ID20284. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/espacialidades/article/view/20284. Acesso em: 22 nov. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2020): Topos and Trope: The production of space in literary narrative

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