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The Heart Does Not Bend (2002)

The Heart Does Not Bend (2002)

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ISBN
0679311343 (ISBN13: 9780679311348)
Language
English
Publisher
random house canada

About book The Heart Does Not Bend (2002)

This was a powerful, captivating novel that examined the intersections between original and created families, social inequality, post-colonial island culture and the racial history of the Caribbean. Silvera explores the complicated politics surrounding both adolescent and aging adult sexuality, uncovering the multiple social responses to sexualized bodies, young and old. Mama, the matriarch of the family, symbolizes the racialized experiences of immigrants in the Canadian context, as well as the hierarchical dynamics of race and class in post-colonial Jamaica. A very moving commentary on the ardency of living and of dying...

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