From History to the Future: The Chinese Experience in Margaret Cezair-Thompson's The True History of Paradise

• Published in: College literature Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 572 - 595
• Main Author: Peng, Xu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: West Chester Johns Hopkins University Press 01.09.2023
• Subjects: 19th century; 20th century; Black nationalism; Caribbean literature; Cezair-Thompson, Margaret; Chinese; Creole languages; Creoles; Diaspora; Essays; Family (Sociological Unit); History; Laborers; Land Settlement; Manual workers; Migrants; Migration; Narratives; National identity; Nationalism; Novels; Romanization; Slavery; Social Change; Writers; Jamaica; United States > US; China

This essay examines the Chinese experience represented in Margaret Cezair-Thompson's 1999 novel The True History of Paradise . By analyzing the author's characterization of the Chinese migrant Mr. Ho Sing and his Afro-Chinese Jamaican daughter Cherry Landing, this essay first elucidates Af...