Banana Bottom
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Banana Bottom is a 1933 novel by Jamaican writer Claude McKay that explores themes of identity, colonialism, and cultural heritage through the story of a young Black woman returning to her rural Jamaican roots.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Banana Bottom canonical | 3 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Claude McKay ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Jamaica ⓘ |
| depicts |
Afro-Jamaican cultural practices
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missionary community in Jamaica ⓘ rural Jamaican village life ⓘ |
| explores |
impact of missionary influence in Jamaica
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negotiation of Black identity under colonial rule ⓘ tension between European education and Jamaican folk culture ⓘ |
| follows | Bita Plant’s return from England to Jamaica ⓘ |
| genre |
Caribbean literature
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novel ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Jamaican ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasPublisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
cultural assimilation
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post-slavery Caribbean society ⓘ resistance to colonial values ⓘ women’s autonomy ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriodSetting | early 20th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Claude McKay bibliography ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance-associated literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bita Plant ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | Black Jamaican ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1933 ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Jamaica ⓘ |
| settingLocation | rural Jamaica ⓘ |
| theme |
class
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colonialism ⓘ cultural heritage ⓘ identity ⓘ race ⓘ religion ⓘ return to roots ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Claude McKay