...Sam Vásquez Abstract Paule Marshall’s short story “To Da-duh” offers a pioneering theorization of transnationalism for black Caribbean women, particularly Barbadian women. Examining black female characters’ navigation of archetypcal environments in symbolically loaded vehicles and interrogating...

... calls a “rebel consciousness” through representations of female rebels who refuse to “know duh place.” Cliff's rebel women combat and resist traditional representations of womanhood, patriarchy, colonial culture, and homophobia. The genealogy of the “fighting spirit” of Caribbean women is registered...

... Caribbean Woman in Paule Marshall's 'To Da-duh, in Memoriam"' addresses Marshall's longstanding engagement with transnationalism. As Vasquez explains, "[Marshall's] creative work theorizes about women's transnational exchanges well before concepts like transnationalism came into vogue." Counterbalancing...