Breath, Eyes, Memory

Breath, Eyes, Memory Sources and ClassicNote Author

  • Danticat, Edwidge. Breath, Eyes, Memory. New York: Vintage Books, 1994.
  • Francis, Donette A. "'Silences Too Horrific to Disturb': Writing Sexual Histories in Edwidge Danticat's 'Breath, Eyes, Memory.'" Research in African Literatures 35.2 (2004): 75-90.

  • Mehni, Masoumeh. "Analyzing the Problematic Mother-Daughter Relationship in Edwidge Danticat's 'Breath, Eyes, Memory.'" Journal of Caribbean Literatures 7.1 (2011): 77-90.

  • Alexander, Simone A. James. "M/othering the Nation: Women's Bodies as Nationalist Trope in Edwidge Danticat's 'Breath, Eyes, Memory.'" African American Review 44.3 (2011): 373-390.

  • Clitandre, Nadége. "Reframing Haitian Literature Transnationally: Identifying New and Revised Tropes of Haitian Identity in Edwidge Danticat's 'Breath, Eyes, Memory.'" Journal of Haitian Studies 9.2 (2003): 90-110.

  • Rossi, Jennifer C. "'Let the Words Bring Wings to Our Feet:' Negotiating Exile and Trauma through Narrative in Danticat's 'Breath, Eyes, Memory.'" Obsidian III 6/7 (2005): 203-220.

  • Christophe, Marc A. "Truth, Half-truths, and Beautiful Lies: Edwidge Danticat and the Recuperation of Memory in 'Breath, Eyes, Memory.'" Journal of Haitian Studies 7.2 (2001): 96-107.

  • Watkins, Angela. "Restoring Haitian Women's Voices and Verbalizing Sexual Trauma in 'Breath, Eyes, Memory.'" Journal of Haitian Studies 22.1 (2016): 106-127.

  • Casey, Ethan. "Breath, Eyes, Memory." Magill's Book Reviews 1 (1994). Literary Reference Center, EBSCOhost. 31 July 2018.

  • Barstow, Jane Missner. "Breath, Eyes, Memory." Masterplots II: African American Literature, Revised Edition 1-2 (2008). Literary Reference Center, EBSCOhost. 31 July 2018.

  • Carvill, Caroline. "Breath, Eyes, Memory." Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition 1-3 (2000). Literary Reference Center, EBSCOhost. 31 July 2018.

  • "Jean-Claude Duvalier Dies at 63; Ruled Haiti in Father’s Brutal Fashion." New York Times. 7/29/18. <https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/world/americas/jean-claude-duvalier-haitis-baby-doc-dies-at-63.html>.
  • Wagner, Robert F.. "The Duvalier Regime." 7/29/18. <https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1963/6/3/the-duvalier-regime-paccording-to-haitis/>.
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