The White Darkness: Confluences in the Imaginative Explorations of Identity and 'the Other' in the work of Three Jewish Woman Artists in the Tropics - Maya Deren (1917 - 1961) in Haiti, Clarice Lispector (1920 - 1977) in Brazil, and Helene Cixous (1937-)

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Berger, Karen (2010) The White Darkness: Confluences in the Imaginative Explorations of Identity and 'the Other' in the work of Three Jewish Woman Artists in the Tropics - Maya Deren (1917 - 1961) in Haiti, Clarice Lispector (1920 - 1977) in Brazil, and Helene Cixous (1937-). etropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 9. ISSN 1448-2940

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In this paper I will make use of extensive quotes to demonstrate the striking and surprising similarities in the writing of these three artists as they try to express what is ultimately inexpressible – their deepest experiences of life.

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Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/7043
Official URL http://www.jcu.edu.au/etropic/pgcontents.htm#ET9
Subjects Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Communication and the Arts
Historical > FOR Classification > 1608 Sociology
Historical > FOR Classification > 1902 Film, Television and Digital Media
Historical > FOR Classification > 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Historical > SEO Classification > 9599 Other Cultural Understanding
Keywords ResPubID21121. artists, biographies, Brazil, Haiti, Algeria, Maya Deren, Clarice Lispector, Hélène Cixous, film making, travels, tropics, social criticism
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