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Identity and dislocation in Caribbean women's literature: a study of the writings of Velma Pollard
No full textJamaican-born Velma Pollard has been publishing poetry and short stories for nearly
thirty years. Her first poems appeared in the 1970s, her first volume of short stories in
1989, and her first novel in 1994. Despite this considerable literary output, in the evergrowing
critical literature on Caribbean women's writing Pollard's work has not attracted
any of the scholarly treatment accorded to other writers. Given this lack of critical
attention to Pollard's considerable body of work, this thesis aims to provide the first
detailed and contextualised study of her writings (excluding the majority of her poetry
and of her writings on linguistics), and to accord Pollard the recognition her work
deserves.
Chapter 1 of this thesis situates Pollard's writings in the context of Caribbean
(women's) literature, and writings on identity, dislocations and (Caribbean) migration. I
argue that Pollard's principal contribution to Caribbean literature is found in her
engagement with two main subjects, return migration and relationships (male-female and
female-female), within a wider context of debates on identity and dislocation.
Chapter 2 introduces Pollard's work by way of a general discussion of her novella
Karl, which won the Casa de las Americas literary award in 1992. I consider Karl to be
central to Pollard's work, not least because it features many of the themes explored by
her later writings, including her novel, Homestretch, which is the subject of Chapter 3.
Pollard's first novel, Homestretch, which was published in 1994, explores the themes
of identity and dislocation through the experiences of 'return migrants' and 'repeat
migrants' and their comparison of life in England, the United States and Jamaica. The
novel chronicles how these migrants come to reconnect with and accept their cultural
heritage.
In chapters 4 and 5 I discuss selected stories taken from Pollard's two collections
of short stories, Considering Woman ('Cages', 'My Sisters', 'My Mother', and 'Gran') and
from Karl and Other Stories ('A Night's Tale', 'Miss Chandra', 'Betsy Hyde', and 'Altamont
Jones'). In these stories Pollard explores male-female relationships and the lives of
several generations and a wide range of Caribbean women and men. Pollard utilises the
West Indian setting, speech, situations and conflicts in these stories to graphically
describe familiar Caribbean role models and to provide a narrative and literary
examination of the frustrations and conflicting desires of women in the region.
In my conclusion, I address the ethnographic quality and significance of her work,
and its contribution to an understanding of the Caribbean
[Letter] 1924 May 8, London / A.W. Pollard.
No full textThe letter is written on British Museum letterhead with a "National Scheme for Disabled Men" seal. The letter has been date-stamped as received "May 8, 1924."Pollard is forwarding proofs of an article by W.W. Greg to appear in the June issue of _Librarian_ "giving a list of 105 manuscript corrections in Mr. Gosse\u27s copy of Massinger\u27s _Roman Actor_ ." Specifying that these are for the use of Professor T.M. Parrott, Pollard states that these corrections are much more important than "those in our copy." A bibliographer and a Shakespeare scholar, Pollard is also remembered as the author of _A short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland & Ireland, and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640_ (1926)
Shady trading on the rights market. by Brian Pollard
No full texttag=1 data=Shady trading on the rights market. by Brian Pollard
tag=2 data=Pollard, Brian
tag=3 data=New Doctor,
tag=6 data=Winter 1995
tag=7 data=11-12.
tag=8 data=EUTHANASIA
tag=10 data=Because the spotlight of public attention has been strongly focused on doctors in this debate, the author believes that it is essential that every doctor makes a clear distinction between his or her private views on the practice of euthanasia and its legislation, because the implications in each case are simply not comparable.
tag=11 data=1995/1/5
tag=12 data=95/0224
tag=13 data=CABBecause the spotlight of public attention has been strongly focused on doctors in this debate, the author believes that it is essential that every doctor makes a clear distinction between his or her private views on the practice of euthanasia and its legislation, because the implications in each case are simply not comparable
Letter from S. D. Cameron, Pollard, Alabama, to Sister, Sarah Robertson, October 12, 1862
No full textSamuel D. Cameron writes his sister about not feeling well, what food his is able to get around Pollard, wanting pants and government clothing, and the possibility of being moved to Corinth, Miss
D. Pollard, Sourcebook on French Law
No full textD. Pollard, Sourcebook on French Law. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 50 N°1, Janvier-mars 1998. pp. 278-279
D. Pollard, Sourcebook on French Law
No full textD. Pollard, Sourcebook on French Law. In: Revue internationale de droit comparé. Vol. 50 N°1, Janvier-mars 1998. pp. 278-279
Vascular endothelial growth factor restores delayed tumor progression in tumors depleted of macrophages
No full textGenetic depletion of macrophages in Polyoma Middle T oncoprotein (PyMT)-induced mammary tumors in mice delayed the angiogenic switch and the progression to malignancy. To determine whether vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) produced by tumor-associated macrophages regulated the onset of the angiogenic switch, a genetic approach was used to restore expression of VEGF-A into tumors at the benign stages. This stimulated formation of a high-density vessel network and in macrophage-depleted mice, was followed by accelerated tumor progression. The expression of VEGF-A led to a massive infiltration into the tumor of leukocytes that were mostly macrophages. This study suggests that macrophage-produced VEGF regulates malignant progression through stimulating tumor angiogenesis, leukocytic infiltration and tumor cell invasion
The marriage record of Pollard, Jefferson D. and Lewis, Mary L
No full textMarriage license for Jefferson D. Pollard and Mary L. Lewis. A.W. Mitchell was the officiant
Data for: Continuous simulations over the last 40 million years with a coupled Antarctic ice sheet-sediment model
No full textNetcdf files of coupled Antarctic ice sheet-sediment simulations over the last 40 Myr. A polar stereographic projection is used, centered on South Pole. Spatial fields of selected mode variables are saved every 100,000 years.fort.92_sedi23_seltime.nc is the main non-iterative simulation described in the paper (sections 3-5, horizontal resolution = 80 km).fort.92_sedi25_seltime.nc is the main iterative simulation in the paper (sections 6-7, last iteration, horizontal resolution = 160 km).The main 2-D model fields in the Netcdf files are: alatd (latitudes at grid centers) alond (longitudes at grid centers) h (ice thickness, m) hs (surface elevation above sea level, m) hb (bed elevation including sediment, m) hw (thickness of ocean water column) topbed (hard bedrock elevation below sediment, m) maskwater (0 is grounded ice or land, 1 if floating ice or open ocean) quarryacc (total bedrock eroded since start of simulation , m) sedim (sediment thickness, m
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