In Caribbean Literature and the Environment: Between Nature and Culture “Landscapes, Narratives, and Tropical Nature: Creole Modernity in Suriname” by Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger she discusses topics such as: Elisabeth Samson, Wilhelmina Rijurg (Maxi Linder), kankantri, polyphony, and polysemy. The conflict is present in Creole modernity in Suriname and tropical nature, because of the narratives that Cynthia McLeod, Clark Accord, and Astrid Roemer present. Elisabeth Samson is an African American woman, and she was born in 1715. Rheinberger discusses what McLeod said about Samson, “this book is based on the life story of an exceptional black women in the eighteenth century, Elisabeth Samson. Mcleod’s research on Elisabeth Samson reveals that she
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Her money bought her entrance into the highest circles of colonial society. However, McLeod does not give back her book a happy ending. Elisabeth dies of despair when she suddenly senses the lack of meaning in her life. Always striving to be equal to the whites, she did not develop a strong identity of her own” (231). Rheinberger then goes on to say that, “McLeod’s Elisabeth seems to be the exponent of successful social mobility in a highly divided plantation society” (232). Another exceptional black women Wilhelmina Rijurg also known as Maxi Linder.
“Wilhelmina Rijurg operated in this area as a prominent prostitute. She is known as Maxi Linder, a person about whom many legends and myths still survive. Besides being most successful in her profession, Maxi Linder was known for her charity. She often financed the education of poor children and supported others through her contacts in the business and political world. However, accord reveals that, towards the end of her life, Rijburg was treated as an outcast. Her money was gone, and ‘respectable’ inhabitants of Paramaribo no longer wanted to be identified with her in public. In the sense that she was left alone in poverty, Rijburg also died tragically” …show more content…
The text has many voices and it comes together and it makes sense to us. In this article, there are many different people talking. In the text, Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger discusses three different narratives by Cynthia McLeod, Clark Accord, and Astrid Roemer. A narrative is a story
Polysemy, poly means many, semy means the beginning of life. Polysemy, they have many meanings. Text should be interpreted by others. Text has many meanings or interpretations to create meanings. Relating polyphony and polysemy together would be because the author talks about other stories. I took polysemy to mean that the text should be interpreted by others and to me that’s what the text is about and polyphony means voices, so it’s like telling the stories. This relates back to the course objects because it brings “cultural and environmental studies into interdisciplinary dialogue about nature, and conservation, and development in Africa and the Caribbean” (Missihoun, Syllabus). The kankantri is interpreted in many different
Her money bought her entrance into the highest circles of colonial society. However, McLeod does not give back her book a happy ending. Elisabeth dies of despair when she suddenly senses the lack of meaning in her life. Always striving to be equal to the whites, she did not develop a strong identity of her own” (231). Rheinberger then goes on to say that, “McLeod’s Elisabeth seems to be the exponent of successful social mobility in a highly divided plantation society” (232). Another exceptional black women Wilhelmina Rijurg also known as Maxi Linder.
“Wilhelmina Rijurg operated in this area as a prominent prostitute. She is known as Maxi Linder, a person about whom many legends and myths still survive. Besides being most successful in her profession, Maxi Linder was known for her charity. She often financed the education of poor children and supported others through her contacts in the business and political world. However, accord reveals that, towards the end of her life, Rijburg was treated as an outcast. Her money was gone, and ‘respectable’ inhabitants of Paramaribo no longer wanted to be identified with her in public. In the sense that she was left alone in poverty, Rijburg also died tragically” …show more content…
The text has many voices and it comes together and it makes sense to us. In this article, there are many different people talking. In the text, Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger discusses three different narratives by Cynthia McLeod, Clark Accord, and Astrid Roemer. A narrative is a story
Polysemy, poly means many, semy means the beginning of life. Polysemy, they have many meanings. Text should be interpreted by others. Text has many meanings or interpretations to create meanings. Relating polyphony and polysemy together would be because the author talks about other stories. I took polysemy to mean that the text should be interpreted by others and to me that’s what the text is about and polyphony means voices, so it’s like telling the stories. This relates back to the course objects because it brings “cultural and environmental studies into interdisciplinary dialogue about nature, and conservation, and development in Africa and the Caribbean” (Missihoun, Syllabus). The kankantri is interpreted in many different