An Act of "Unruly" Savagery: Re-Writing Black Rebellion in the Language of the Colonizer. H. G. de Lisser's The White Witch of Rosehall

Positioning himself as an advocate for colonial order, H. G. de Lisser, a middle class Jamaican of African and European ancestry, produced a large body of historical works that essentially upheld the deeply prejudicial and questionable readings of history done by the colonizer during the Nineteenth...

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Published in:Caribbean quarterly 1994-03, Vol.40 (1), p.1-12
Main Author: DAWES, KWAME S.N.
Format: Article
Language:eng ; spa
Subjects:
Attitudes
Authors
Black people
Communities
Gender roles
Jamaica
Novels
Passion
Rebellion
Religious rituals
Ritual violence
Slaves
Social values
White people
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Summary:Positioning himself as an advocate for colonial order, H. G. de Lisser, a middle class Jamaican of African and European ancestry, produced a large body of historical works that essentially upheld the deeply prejudicial and questionable readings of history done by the colonizer during the Nineteenth century. He is highly critical of what he sees as the lack of morals and attacks the values of the community with condescending and caustic rhetoric. This attitude provides an important insight into the work of one of Jamaica's most prolific authors. The white witch of Rosehall was his most popular novel.
ISSN:0008-6495