Kei Miller; madness; diaspora; The Last Warner Woman; The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion
Abstract :
[en] In this interview Kei Miller explains how madness in Jamaica differs from madness in England and how the figure of the "mad" person in Caribbean literature is usually depicted. He also reveals his motivations for portraying and giving interiority to such persons, including the Rastaman in The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion (2014) and Adamine in The Last Warner Woman (2010). In the second part of the interview Miller talks at length about the connection between madness and diaspora. He argues that the immigrant, like the colonizer, tries to change the new landscape into something that resembles "home," which is "a madness in and of itself."
Research Center/Unit :
CEREP - Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Études Postcoloniales - ULiège
Disciplines :
Literature
Author, co-author :
Romdhani, Rebecca ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : ling., litt. et trad. > Langue et linguistique anglaises modernes
Miller, Kei
Language :
English
Title :
(Re)Locating Madness and Prophesy: An Interview with Kei Miller
Publication date :
2018
Main work title :
Madness in Anglophone Caribbean Literature: On the Edge
Editor :
Ledent, Bénédicte ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : linguistique, littérature et traduction
O'Callaghan, Evelyn
Tunca, Daria ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : linguistique, littérature et traduction > Littérature anglaise
