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@article{citeulike:5726556, abstract = {Austin Clarke's culinary memoir <i>Pigtails'n Breadfruit</i> challenges the comfortable interpretive frame that genres provide. In positing ‘life writing’ as an adequate evaluative frame for this work, a term which draws on the reevaluation of autobiographical practice carried out in ethnic minority and feminist quarters, I argue that ethnographic discourse exerts great pressure on Clarke's ‘personal’ narrative. His focus constantly shifts away from himself into his community and wider cultural and historical issues. This paper is also concerned with the identity and language politics of the text.}, author = {Lopez-Ropero, Lourdes}, citeulike-article-id = {5726556}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449850408589392}, doi = {10.1080/17449850408589392}, journal = {Journal of Postcolonial Writing}, keywords = {and, austin, breadfruit, caribbean, clarke, food, identity, marrative, memoir, personal, pig, tails}, number = {2}, pages = {77--90}, posted-at = {2009-09-05 14:15:41}, priority = {5}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Ethnographic engagement and autobiographical practice in Austin Clarke's culinary memoir <i>Pigtails'n breadfruit</i>}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449850408589392}, volume = {40}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5726556 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5726556 N2 - Austin Clarke's culinary memoir <i>Pigtails'n Breadfruit</i> challenges the comfortable interpretive frame that genres provide. In positing ‘life writing’ as an adequate evaluative frame for this work, a term which draws on the reevaluation of autobiographical practice carried out in ethnic minority and feminist quarters, I argue that ethnographic discourse exerts great pressure on Clarke's ‘personal’ narrative. His focus constantly shifts away from himself into his community and wider cultural and historical issues. This paper is also concerned with the identity and language politics of the text. IS - 2 JF - Journal of Postcolonial Writing EP - 90 TI - Ethnographic engagement and autobiographical practice in Austin Clarke's culinary memoir <i>Pigtails'n breadfruit</i> PB - Routledge VL - 40 SP - 77 KW - and KW - austin KW - breadfruit KW - caribbean KW - clarke KW - food KW - identity KW - marrative KW - memoir KW - personal KW - pig KW - tails AU - Lopez-Ropero, Lourdes PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449850408589392 ER -