What is Africa to me - now?: Hartman, Gil, Africanism and slave memory in America and Brazil
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posted on 2023-06-08, 22:25authored byMarcus Wood
The first comparative analysis of the construction of Africa within the cultural memory of African Americans and Afro Brazilians. The analysis is focused on a close reading of two key texts: Saidiya Hartman’s 'Lose Your Mother' and Gilberto Gil, 'Pierre Verger mensangeiro entre Dois Mundos'.
History
Publication status
Published
Publisher
Cambria Press
Page range
270-291
Pages
296.0
Book title
Transatlantic Memories of Slavery: Remembering the Past Changing the Future