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African American Studies
African diaspora studies
Afro-Latin America
Afrodescendente
Afrofuturism
Ana Maria Gonçalves Black Rome
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Black Atlantic
Caribbean
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Comparative Literature
Cultural Studies
Culture
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Ethnic Studies
Latin American
Latin American Studies
Literary Studies
Literature
Manuel Zapata Olivella
Muntu
Race
Product details
- ISBN 9781684481866
- Weight: 481g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 16 Oct 2020
- Publisher: Bucknell University Press,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The historical novels of Manuel Zapata Olivella and Ana Maria Gonçalves map black journeys from Africa to the Americas in a way that challenges the Black Atlantic paradigm that has become synonymous with cosmopolitan African diaspora studies. Unlike Paul Gilroy, who coined the term and based it on W.E.B. DuBois’s double consciousness, Zapata, in Changó el gran putas (1983), creates an empowering mythology that reframes black resistance in Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States. In Um defeito de cor (2006), Gonçalves imagines the survival strategies of a legendary woman said to be the mother of black abolitionist poet Luís Gama and a conspirator in an African Muslim–led revolt in Brazil’s “Black Rome.” These novels show differing visions of revolution, black community, femininity, sexuality, and captivity. They skillfully reveal how events preceding the UNESCO Decade of Afro-Descent (2015–2024) alter our understanding of Afro-Latin America as it gains increased visibility.
Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
JOHN T. MADDOX IV is an assistant professor of Spanish and African American studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
