Serissa Sanchez
ENGL 212-043
Dr. Hyo Kim
08 December 2016
"Girl"
Jamaica Kincaid was born in 1949 in Antigua. She was born into poverty like most blacks in the Caribbean. She was also born during a time where women did not have many rights, like most of the world. In Kincaid's story "Girl", which is considered as guidelines that a mother would give her daughter on the rights and rules of becoming a woman. This story is more than instructions for a young girl, it shows a deeper seeded issue on how women were viewed in society, the lack of higher education that a woman could obtain, and how some families thought that these guidelines were necessary for a woman's survival. In the New York Times article, Kincaid explains that as a young girl, one of her many duties was to go to the water pipe every morning to draw four pails of water for her mother and even more if it was a wash day. This coincides in a quote from her story "Girl", "wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday …show more content…
“Conclusion: Women in the Caribbean.” Social and Economic Studies, vol. 35, no. 2, 1986, pp. 291–324. www.jstor.org/stable/27862844.
Garis, Leslie. "Through West Indian Eyes." New York Times (1923-Current file) Oct 07, New York, N.Y.,1990. http://search.proquest.com.mec. ezproxy.cuny.edu:2048/docview/
108464000?accountid=12364.
Henry, Frances, and Pamela Wilson. “THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES: AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND SEXUAL ROLES.” Social and Economic Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 1975, pp. 165–198. www.jstor.org/stable/27861554.
Powell, Dorian. “The Role of Women in the Caribbean.” Social and Economic Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 1984, pp. 97–122. www.jstor.org/stable/27862073.
Seguino, Stephanie. “WHY ARE WOMEN IN THE CARIBBEAN SO MUCH MORE LIKELY THAN MEN TO BE UNEMPLOYED?” Social and Economic Studies, vol. 52, no.4, 2003, pp. 83-120.
ENGL 212-043
Dr. Hyo Kim
08 December 2016
"Girl"
Jamaica Kincaid was born in 1949 in Antigua. She was born into poverty like most blacks in the Caribbean. She was also born during a time where women did not have many rights, like most of the world. In Kincaid's story "Girl", which is considered as guidelines that a mother would give her daughter on the rights and rules of becoming a woman. This story is more than instructions for a young girl, it shows a deeper seeded issue on how women were viewed in society, the lack of higher education that a woman could obtain, and how some families thought that these guidelines were necessary for a woman's survival. In the New York Times article, Kincaid explains that as a young girl, one of her many duties was to go to the water pipe every morning to draw four pails of water for her mother and even more if it was a wash day. This coincides in a quote from her story "Girl", "wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday …show more content…
“Conclusion: Women in the Caribbean.” Social and Economic Studies, vol. 35, no. 2, 1986, pp. 291–324. www.jstor.org/stable/27862844.
Garis, Leslie. "Through West Indian Eyes." New York Times (1923-Current file) Oct 07, New York, N.Y.,1990. http://search.proquest.com.mec. ezproxy.cuny.edu:2048/docview/
108464000?accountid=12364.
Henry, Frances, and Pamela Wilson. “THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN CARIBBEAN SOCIETIES: AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND SEXUAL ROLES.” Social and Economic Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 1975, pp. 165–198. www.jstor.org/stable/27861554.
Powell, Dorian. “The Role of Women in the Caribbean.” Social and Economic Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 1984, pp. 97–122. www.jstor.org/stable/27862073.
Seguino, Stephanie. “WHY ARE WOMEN IN THE CARIBBEAN SO MUCH MORE LIKELY THAN MEN TO BE UNEMPLOYED?” Social and Economic Studies, vol. 52, no.4, 2003, pp. 83-120.