ID: 8878 -
Giovanna Covi
- Trento
Type
: Text
Format
:
Medium
: Poem
Extent
:
Identifier
:
Source
:
Title
: In Jamaica
Subtitle
:
Alternative
:
Agents
:
Creator
: Marson, Una
Role
:
Name
:
Created
: 1931
Date
:
in/on
:
Language
: English
Rights
:
Relation
: IsPartOf
Qualifier
: Heights and Depths, Printed by The Gleaner
Coverage
:
Place
: Kingston, Jamaica
Time
: 1931
Description
: Sings the beauty of Jamaica while condemning the social injustice.
Subjects
:
Nationalism/Regionalism
Subjects
:
Nationalism/Regionalism
Keywords
:
civil rights
Keywords
:
tourism
Query Subject+Keyword
: (Nationalism/Regionalism, civil rights)
Query Subject+Keyword
: (Nationalism/Regionalism, tourism)
Comment
: Ironic poem switching between wonderful life in Jamaica/ for the tourists who visit this shore to the dreary life for the beggars,/ and the large slums. Nice contrasting use of color images, shifting from the darkies who smile on and their hearts which are so light.