This annotated bibliography is for any information on "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, along with any information on the author. The paragraphs below the citations are basically summaries of what each source had to offer. Once again, the intended audience was Ms. Nall and my classmates.
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Annotated
Bibliography
Abbott, Randy L.
"Jamaica Kincaid: A Literary Companion." Reference Reviews,
vol. 23, no. 3, 2009, pp. 33-34. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/jamaica-kincaid-literary-companion/docview/215213597/se-2, doi:https://doi.org/10.1108/09504120910945263.
“Jamaica Kincaid: A Literary Companion” is practically an
autobiography about Jamaica Kincaid but Abbott takes the time to tell the
readers about the significance behind her name change, and the childhood trauma
that she endured that made her want to become a writer. Her life is the reason
behind her reasoning for wanting to reach out to young black females and people
that struggle with their places in womanhood, she reaches out through her
writing. The article also talks about her writing techniques like humor,
symbols, and the impact that the short story could have on people. This is a
credible source because it was peer reviewed. I could use this source in a
short story project to give some personal information on Jamaica Kincaid
herself.
Bailey, Carol. "Performance and
the Gendered Body in Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl" and Oonya Kempadoo's
Buxton Spice: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism." Meridians,
vol. 10, no. 2, 2010, pp. 106-123,198. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/performance-gendered-body-jamaica-kincaids-girl/docview/863457222/se-2.
The article is basically centered around how Jamaica Kincaid focuses on creating
a script or a layout of what womanhood entails. The authors use this article to take the time
to acknowledge another piece of literature in comparison to them kind of being
like “guides.” The article was peer reviewed and the published originally by
Duke University Press. I could utilize this source in a short story project to
compare it to another piece of writing and use the differences to analyze how
Kincaid’s writing style is different from Kempadoo’s.
Hoagland, Ericka.
"Jamaica Kincaid: Writing Memory, Writing Back to the Mother." Modern
Fiction Studies, vol. 53, no. 3, 2007, pp. 630-634. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/jamaica-kincaid-writing-memory-back-mother/docview/208045943/se-2.
Ericka Hoagland talks about what
motivated Kincaid to become a writer. It also provides us with some information
on Kincaid’s life growing up and most importantly the author tries to figure
out the reason behind why she wrote so many pieces of literature about her mom.
This is a credible source because it was published by John Hopkins University
Press, and it was peer reviewed when published on ProQuest. I could use this
source in a short story project to explain Kincaid as not only an author but as
a person too.
Jayasree, K. "Linguistic-Literary
Camouflage in Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl"." IUP Journal of
English Studies, vol. 13, no. 2, 2018, pp. 81-87. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/linguistic-literary-camouflage-jamaica-kincaids/docview/2064904962/se-2.
In this article the author talks about Jamaica Kincaid’s short story
“Girl”, the article mentions how “Girl” has a lot of literary devices used to
disguise some of the author’s real emotions. The author analyzes everything
down to the conclusion in order to see what actions and decisions that are made
by the author regarding Kincaid’s writing style, humor, etc. The author’s
article was peer reviews, has around 5 references or citations, and the author
of the article was the former head of the Postgraduate Department of English
Studies at his place of occupation. I could use this source in a short story
project when talking about some of the literary techniques she used.
Nayar, Pramod K. "TEACHING AND
READING JAMAICA KINCAID'S "GIRL": A REVIEW OF GENERAL
SEMANTICS." Et Cetera, vol. 76, no. 3, 2019, pp. 285-290.
ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/teaching-reading-jamaica-kincaids-girl/docview/2674899180/se-2.
The article talks about the experience that the author had teaching and
reading this story to the class, along with the experience that the class had
learning about it. The author believed that this story was important to include
in their curriculum, because it’s important that they know things behind gender
roles. The article was peer reviewed and the author studied at a University in
India. I could use this source in a short story project to talk about how this
story can impact people or has impacted people.
Ohito, Esther Oganda. “Refusing
Curriculum as a Space of Death for Black Female Subjects: A Black Feminist
Reparative Reading of Jamaica Kincaids’s ‘Girl’” Curriculum Inquiry,
vol. 46, no. 5, Dec. 2016, pp. 436-54. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.uaptc.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/03626784.2016.1236658.
Esther
Ohito acknowledges that the education system limits curriculum due to race and
gender and mentions how they classify the limited subjects as “other.” The
author focuses mainly on Black feminists and the reason behind “othering” the
curriculum about Black women. This is a credible source because the author has
credentials from Columbia University in New York, and the article was
originally published by Wiley Blackwell. This source could be used in a short
story project for research on the inequalities behind black women and
literature.
Reem, Ahmad R., and Adel A. Nusaiba.
"Genre Crossing in Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘Girl’: From Short Fiction to
Poetry." Advances in Language and Literary Studies, vol. 9,
no. 3, 2018, pp. 157-165. ProQuest,
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/genre-crossing-jamaica-kincaid-s-girl-short/docview/2188079373/se-2,
doi:https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.9n.3p.157.
Reem and Adel take the time to explain in the article the analyzation
behind Jamaica Kincaid’s work. They analyze the poetic qualities of the book
and try to understand the reason behind “Genre Crossing” between a short story
and poetry. The author’s mention that it’s an “unconventional piece of
writing”, which leads me to believe they don’t appreciate the crossing of
genres. The article was peer reviewed, published and/or written by Advances in
Language and Literary Studies.
Rosenberg, Naomi, and Michael Vitez.
“Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘Girl’ and the Challenge of Growing Up in Medical Training.”
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 322, no.13, Oct.
2019, pp. 1238-39. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.uaptc.idm.oclc.org/10.1001/jama.2019.14003.
This
article is a tad different from the rest because it talks about how the short
story “Girl” is used in medical workshops. It’s used to help individuals in
training programs, or in the medical field in general, grow professionally. The
article is credible because the author has credentials from the Department of
Emergency Medicine, and it comes from the Journal of the American Medical
Association (JAMA). I can use this source in a short story project to show how
versatile the short story it is, and how it has educational benefits.
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