House of Sisyphus
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The House of Sisyphus is a fictional Jamaican political dynasty featured in Orlando Patterson’s novel "Children of Sisyphus," symbolizing entrenched power and social inequality.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional family
ⓘ
fictional political dynasty ⓘ literary entity ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Children of Sisyphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
political corruption
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poverty ⓘ power imbalance ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Jamaica ⓘ |
| createdBy | Orlando Patterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
powerful family
ⓘ
socially distant from the poor ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Children of Sisyphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political fiction
ⓘ
social realist fiction ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLocation | Jamaica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | myth of Sisyphus ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antagonistic social force
ⓘ
representation of ruling elite ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
clientelist politics
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political dynasty ⓘ ruling class ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
class hierarchy
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elite domination ⓘ entrenched political power ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| workContext | postcolonial Jamaican society ⓘ |
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