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Synopsis
The world of Crick Crack, Monkey is a dual one. Tee, the central character, is suspended between the warmth, spontaneity, and exuberance of Tantie's household, into which she and her brother are received when their father immigrates to England, and the formality and pretension of her Aunt Beatrice's world, which Tee is obliged to enter when she wins a scholarship. Tee's initiation into the middle class is an uneasy she is confused and disturbed by the discrimination of color and class that she learns at Aunt Beatrice's hands and by the attitudes and values that divide her two aunts. Tee's shifting perceptions find no resolution, only acknowledgment that coherence will require a mature revaluation of her experience.
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Review
"I have taught this novel in classes for years and view it as one of the best Caribbean novels ever written. It is a fictional account of the traumas associated with British colonial education that is as sophisticated as any theoretical analysis or sociological study of these issues. I am happy to see this text back in print." --Catherine John, University of Oklahoma
"The new and handsome edition of Crick Crack, Monkey is a blessing. It is intellectually and pedagogically brilliant to have it back in print." --Houston Baker, Vanderbilt University
"This highly teachable Caribbean classic needed to be back in print, and I am grateful that Waveland Press brought it back. Hodge's novel has not lost any of its relevance and remains an artful expression of the impact of 'race' and colonialism on identity formation." --Martin Japtok, Palomar College
"The new and handsome edition of Crick Crack, Monkey is a blessing. It is intellectually and pedagogically brilliant to have it back in print." --Houston Baker, Vanderbilt University
"This highly teachable Caribbean classic needed to be back in print, and I am grateful that Waveland Press brought it back. Hodge's novel has not lost any of its relevance and remains an artful expression of the impact of 'race' and colonialism on identity formation." --Martin Japtok, Palomar College
"The new and handsome edition of Crick Crack, Monkey is a blessing. It is intellectually and pedagogically brilliant to have it back in print." --Houston Baker, Vanderbilt University
"This highly teachable Caribbean classic needed to be back in print, and I am grateful that Waveland Press brought it back. Hodge's novel has not lost any of its relevance and remains an artful expression of the impact of 'race' and colonialism on identity formation." --Martin Japtok, Palomar College
"The new and handsome edition of Crick Crack, Monkey is a blessing. It is intellectually and pedagogically brilliant to have it back in print." --Houston Baker, Vanderbilt University
"This highly teachable Caribbean classic needed to be back in print, and I am grateful that Waveland Press brought it back. Hodge's novel has not lost any of its relevance and remains an artful expression of the impact of 'race' and colonialism on identity formation." --Martin Japtok, Palomar College
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- PublisherDeutsch
- Publication date1970
- ISBN 10 0233961585
- ISBN 13 9780233961583
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages160
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