Erna Brodber
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Erna Brodber (born April 20, 1940) is a Jamaican writer and sociologist.[1] Born in Woodside, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, she won the Caribbean and Canadian regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1989 for her novel Myal[2]. Brodber currently works as a freelance writer, researcher and lecturer in Jamaica. She is currently teaching a semester at the University of Richmond.
[edit] Bibliography
Novels[3]
- Louisiana (New Beacon Books, 1994)
- Myal: A Novel (New Beacon Books, 1988)
- Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home (New Beacon Books, 1980)
Articles for the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Jamaica[3]
- Abandonment of Children in Jamaica (1974)
- Yards in the City of Kingston (1975)
- Reggae and Cultural Identity in Jamaica (1981)
- Perceptions of Caribbean Women: Toward a Documentation of Stereotypes (1982)
Non-fiction
- The Second Generation of Freemen in Jamaica, 1907-1944 (2004), University Press of Florida, ISBN 9780813027593
- The Continent of Black Consciousness: on the history of the African diaspora from slavery to the present (2003), New Beacon Books Ltd., ISBN 9781873201176
[edit] References
- ^ Lichtenstein, David P.. "A Brief Biography of Erna Brodber". Literature of the Caribbean. http://www.postcolonialweb.org/caribbean/brodber/bio.html. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ Harris, Jennifer. "Career and Awards". biography.jrank.org. http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4182/Brodber-Erna-May.html. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ a b Lichtenstein, David P.. "Works". Literature of the Caribbean. http://www.postcolonialweb.org/caribbean/brodber/works.html. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
[edit] External Links
- Brodber, Erna. "The Pioneering Miss Bailey". Jamaica Journal. Digital Library of the Caribbean. http://dloc.com/UF00090030/00051/11j. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- Brodber, Erna. "Oral Sources and the Creation of a Social History in the Caribbean". Jamaica Journal. Digital Library of the Caribbean. http://dloc.com/UF00090030/00041/4j. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- Brodber, Erna. "Review of "Myal"". Jamaica Journal. Digital Library of the Caribbean. http://dloc.com/UF00090030/00063/58j. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- O'Callaghan, Evelyn. "Review of Erna Brodber's Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home". Jamaica Journal. Digital Library of the Caribbean. http://dloc.com/UF00090030/00040/63j. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- Romero, Ivette (July 2010). "Erna Brodber, Winner of the Bridget Jones Award for Caribbean Studies". Repeating Islands.com. http://repeatingislands.com/2010/07/02/erna-brodber-winner-of-the-bridget-jones-award-for-caribbean-studies/. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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