Talk:The Jumbie Bird

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The result was: promoted by Evrik (talk) 04:27, 13 February 2021 (UTC)Reply

  • ... that Ismith Khan's novel The Jumbie Bird explores the transformation of immigrants from India into Indo-Trinidadians? Source: "While positing the rebirth and resistance of a newly forming Trinidad nation as the critical foundation for the growing political consciousness of Indo-Trinidadians, Khan engages in the act of “looking to India” as a way to imagine the East Indian becoming Indo-Caribbean" (Phukhan, Atreyee (2015). "Contradictory Omens: Repatriation and Resistance in Ismith Khan's Jumbie Bird". In Brown, J. Dillon; Rosenberg, Leah (eds.). Beyond Windrush : Rethinking Postwar Anglophone Caribbean Literature. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. pp. 41–59)
    • ALT1:... that the jumbie bird in Ismith Khan's novel The Jumbie Bird bore so little resemblance to the actual bird that critic Roydon Salick expressed doubt as to whether Khan had ever seen one? Source: "Khan's jumbie bird, then...is a product of pure imagination and folklore. It is reasonable to assume, therefore, that Khan never, as a boy or adult, saw or heard a real-life jumbie bird, or if he did was unable to recall its true appearance or call." (Salick, Roydon (2012). Ismith Khan : the man & his work. Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, p.28)

Created by Guettarda (talk). Self-nominated at 01:41, 7 February 2021 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

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QPQ: Done.
Overall:   All points check out, and both hooks are cited, but ALT1 is the hookier one. Ready to go. Moonraker (talk) 09:32, 7 February 2021 (UTC)Reply