Consuming the Caribbean: Tourism, Sex Tourism, and Land Development in Nicole Dennis-Benn's Here Comes the Sun
In Here Comes the Sun (2016), Nicole Dennis-Benn explores the impact of structural inequalities within the space of a fictional vacation resort. Drawing on recent scholarship on the relationship between landscape and power, the function of racial-sexual economies in the Caribbean, and the constructi...
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ftunivarizona:oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/634125 2023-05-15T15:25:39+02:00 Consuming the Caribbean: Tourism, Sex Tourism, and Land Development in Nicole Dennis-Benn's Here Comes the Sun Donahue, Jennifer Lynn Univ Arizona, Africana Studies 2019 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/634125 https://doi.org/10.1353/ari.2019.0014 en eng ARIEL UNIV CALGARY Donahue, J. L. (2019). Consuming the Caribbean: Tourism, Sex Tourism, and Land Development in Nicole Dennis-Benn's Here Comes the Sun. ariel: A Review of International English Literature 50(2), 59-80. Johns Hopkins University Press. 0004-1327 doi:10.1353/ari.2019.0014 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/634125 ARIEL-A REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LITERATURE Copyright © 2019 Johns Hopkins University Press and the University of Calgary 50 2-3 59-80 Caribbean literature postcolonial literature resorts tourism sex tourism Article 2019 ftunivarizona https://doi.org/10.1353/ari.2019.0014 2020-06-14T08:17:49Z In Here Comes the Sun (2016), Nicole Dennis-Benn explores the impact of structural inequalities within the space of a fictional vacation resort. Drawing on recent scholarship on the relationship between landscape and power, the function of racial-sexual economies in the Caribbean, and the construction of the Caribbean picturesque, this artide argues that sexual exploitation and environmental devastation operate as parallel forces in the text. The article examines how Dennis-Benn depicts tourism and sex tourism as industries that reinforce local and global racial and economic power relations. The essay contends that Dennis-Benn positions the protagonist and her supervisor as perpetrators as well as beneficiaries of extractive and exclusionary practices; homophobia, hotel development, and sexual, environmental, and labor exploitation render the town of River Bank a paradise for tourists and a space of trauma for the majority of residents. This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu. Article in Journal/Newspaper Artide The University of Arizona: UA Campus Repository ariel: A Review of International English Literature 50 2-3 59 80 |
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In Here Comes the Sun (2016), Nicole Dennis-Benn explores the impact of structural inequalities within the space of a fictional vacation resort. Drawing on recent scholarship on the relationship between landscape and power, the function of racial-sexual economies in the Caribbean, and the construction of the Caribbean picturesque, this artide argues that sexual exploitation and environmental devastation operate as parallel forces in the text. The article examines how Dennis-Benn depicts tourism and sex tourism as industries that reinforce local and global racial and economic power relations. The essay contends that Dennis-Benn positions the protagonist and her supervisor as perpetrators as well as beneficiaries of extractive and exclusionary practices; homophobia, hotel development, and sexual, environmental, and labor exploitation render the town of River Bank a paradise for tourists and a space of trauma for the majority of residents. This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu. |
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Consuming the Caribbean: Tourism, Sex Tourism, and Land Development in Nicole Dennis-Benn's Here Comes the Sun |
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Donahue, J. L. (2019). Consuming the Caribbean: Tourism, Sex Tourism, and Land Development in Nicole Dennis-Benn's Here Comes the Sun. ariel: A Review of International English Literature 50(2), 59-80. Johns Hopkins University Press. 0004-1327 doi:10.1353/ari.2019.0014 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/634125 ARIEL-A REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LITERATURE |
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