Three of My Sisters
Sister Lewis sitspedaling her rusty sewing machinein her dark and tiny hutin the hills of Jamaica.Only the thinnest sliver of lightfilters through the one paneless window.Sister Lewis is making children's dressesfor the wealthy.From early morning till the last light slipsbehind the hills she se...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1995
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 1995, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 25-31 |
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| Summary: | Sister Lewis sitspedaling her rusty sewing machinein her dark and tiny hutin the hills of Jamaica.Only the thinnest sliver of lightfilters through the one paneless window.Sister Lewis is making children's dressesfor the wealthy.From early morning till the last light slipsbehind the hills she sewsback hunched eyes strainingfingers flying feet pedaling.She is surrounded in the dark and dank bypiles of colorful cloththe pastels, the lacy frills with whichwe happily dress our little white girls.She sews well. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/1051606 |