Double consciousness in the short story “Children of the sea” by Edwige Danticat
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https://doi.org/10.35588/ayr.v3i1.4681Keywords:
Haiti, double consciousness, Afro-descendants, orality, black feminism, historyAbstract
This article studies the double consciousness in the structure and content of the story "Children of the sea". The double consciousness reveals the different subjectivities that constitute the author's writing as an Afro-descendant, a migrant and a woman. The analysis is based on a review of feminist and Caribbean literary criticism about the use of orality, as well as on a historical exploration that associates the forced migration of African people to migrations caused by political violence. Additionally, we use theoretical references that explain the dual identity. We conclude that the fragmentation into two voices creates a third narrative that integrates feminine, Afro-descendant, and Haitian aspects that have been made invisible by Western culture.
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