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Challenging the Black Atlantic

Maddox IV, John T

2020

Overview

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.

• Publisher: Rutgers University Press,Bucknell University Press
• Subject: African American Studies / African diaspora in literature / African diaspora studies / Afro-Latin America / Afrodescendente / Afrofuturism / Ana Maria Gonçalves Black Rome / Black Atlantic / Caribbean / Caribbean & Latin American / Comparative Literature / Cultural Studies / Culture / Ethnic Studies / Gonçalves, Ana Maria-Criticism and interpretation / Latin American / Latin American literature / Latin American literature-20th century-History and criticism / Latin American literature-21st century-History and criticism / Latin American literature-Black authors-History and criticism / Latin American Studies / LITERARY CRITICISM / LITERARY CRITICISM / Caribbean & Latin American / LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature / LITERARY CRITICISM / General / Literary Studies / Literature / Manuel Zapata Olivella / Muntu / Race / Zapata Olivella, Manuel-Criticism and interpretation
• ISBN: 9781684481873, 1684481872