Selffashioning as an identityshaping process in marina. By rudds definition then, marina warner s indigo is a childrens book in that miranda everards perception of her constructed self changes through the blurring of familial myth and history as she and her sister chart their clans dark colonial past. It is a modernized and altered retelling of william shakespeares the tempest. Indigo is a shimmering, lyrical novel about power and transformation. Buy the paperback book latalante by marina warner at indigo. Charmed states and the arabian nights 2011, have been highly acclaimed and influential.
To help keep our communities safe, all our retail locations are temporarily closed until further notice. Marina warner born 1946 in london english father, italian mother grown up in cairo, brussels, berkshireengland writes short stories, novels and nonfiction mostly on feminism, myth some details in indigo based on warner s family. Indigo by marina warner 1992, hardcover for sale online. Buy indigo or mapping the waters book online at best prices in india on. It is a study of romantic love, told in a style influenced by surrealism, but still vigos own. Indigo, or mapping the waters, is a reworking of the tempest that deals with. Inspired by shakespeares magic play the tempest, prizewinning writer marina warner refashions the drama to explore the restless conflicts between the inhabitants of a caribbean island and the english family who settled it. Marina warner is an internationally renowned cultural historian whose ambitious works of popular scholarship, from alone of all her sex.
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