Muddling the Middle: Cynical Representations of Ethnic Relations in V.S. and Shiva Naipaul

Authors

Kevin Frank, CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 4-2019

Abstract

In this essay from the collection, Seepersad and Sons: Naipaulian Synergies, Kevin Frank argues that coming from a creolized society, unlike their father, Seepersad, V.S. and Shiva Naipaul's representations of "race" and ethnicity in their works is cynical, favoring one side in the Indo- and Afro-Caribbean racial antagonism, mainly because of their anxiety about "Black Power."

Comments

This work was originally published in Seepersad and Sons: Naipaulian Synergies. Ed. J. Vijay Maharaj.