Date of Graduation
5-2017
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
English
Advisor/Mentor
Lisa Hinrichsen
Committee Member
Yajaira Padilla
Second Committee Member
Susan Marren
Keywords
Caribbean Imaginary, Southern Studies
Abstract
“The Caribbean Imaginary in Southern Women’s Literature” examines the U.S. South’s often contradictory approaches to viewing the Caribbean. While the image of the U.S. South has long been constructed by imagined fantasies, the southern authors in this project often thrust their own images onto the Caribbean imaginary. Throughout this project, I argue that over the past seventy years, the imperialist bent towards the Caribbean manifests in a variety of forms: media manipulation, patronage, fantasies, and nostalgia. At times, the Caribbean is seen as an imagined utopia full of potential, however this construction often erases the historical renderings of economic and political revolutions.
Citation
Davis, C. D. (2017). "The Caribbean Imaginary in Southern Women's Literature". Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1984