"I had drunk the sparkling waters of the Demerara River" : Afro-Guyanese women's embodiment and self-referential practices

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dc.contributor.advisorSmith, Christen A., 1977-
dc.contributor.advisorPinto, Samantha
dc.creatorHawker-Thompson, Junika D.
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-9067-656X
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-08T21:43:35Z
dc.date.available2023-04-08T21:43:35Z
dc.date.created2022-12
dc.date.issued2022-12-05
dc.date.submittedDecember 2022
dc.date.updated2023-04-08T21:43:36Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on Afro-Guyanese women’s literary and visual meditations on the rivers that run through Guyana and the Atlantic Ocean that borders the country. In this report, I examine Carmen Subryan’s Black-Water Women and Dominique Hunter’s Transplantation to discuss the transtemporal connection between Guyanese women’s bodies and the physical and political environment of Guyana. Afro-Guyanese women’s meditations on their material experiences highlight the way post-colonial political arrangements are hinged on gendered-based violence in the country. Further, I offer that focusing on the historical lineages of the river that flow into the Atlantic Ocean, which may broaden our understanding of the Black Atlantic.
dc.description.departmentAfrican and African Diaspora Studies
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/118193
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/45072
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBlack Atlantic
dc.subjectBlack geographies
dc.subjectCarmen Subryan
dc.subjectDominique Hunter
dc.subjectTransnational feminisms
dc.title"I had drunk the sparkling waters of the Demerara River" : Afro-Guyanese women's embodiment and self-referential practices
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.departmentAfrican and African Diaspora Studies
thesis.degree.disciplineAfrican and African Diaspora Studies
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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