Caroline’s Wedding | Rocio G. Davis
In the following essay, Davis explores Danticat’s particular use of the short story cycle in Krik? Krak!, which reflects the oral narrative and, through this narration, articulates ‘‘the process toward ethnic self-identification.’’
Rocio G. Davis
In the following essay, Davis explores Danticat’s particular use of the short story cycle in Krik? Krak!, which reflects the oral narrative and, through this narration, articulates ‘‘the process toward ethnic self-identification.’’
Only when ethnic literature liberates its sources of meaning from hegemonic impositions and begins to inform theory and subvert traditional signifying strategies can it begin to reconfigure cultural interpretation. As though responding to this challenge, ethnic fiction demonstrates a...
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