ID: 8878  -  Giovanna Covi  -  Trento
Type: Text
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Medium: PoemExtent:
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Title: In JamaicaSubtitle:
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Agents:
Creator: Marson, Una
Role: Name:
Created: 1931
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Language: English
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Relation: IsPartOfQualifier: Heights and Depths, Printed by The Gleaner
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Place: Kingston, JamaicaTime: 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.