Description
Book SynopsisThis book contains close readings of contemporary literary texts and art work by Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking authors from Africa and Latin America. The readings reveal a critical debate that understands reflections on the slave trade and current migrations from Africa to Europe as continuity since early modern history. This part of cultural history is firmly rooted in the Black Atlantic, although the book’s primary concern is a discussion of situations in which water spirituality functions as a backdrop. This critical inquiry of social inequality and injustice is based on a theoretical framework that addresses migrations overseas and forced labor. Therefore, the readings are placed within the cultural tradition of seven countries: Brazil, Angola, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Principe, and Guinea-Bissau.
Table of ContentsExploring the Ocean – Trafficking Human Bodies – The Urban Sea in Brazil – The New Sea in Angola – ‘Black Tears’ in Cuba – «L’ éducation sentimentale» in Guinea Equatorial – Creoles from Cape Verde – Poets from São Tomé and Príncipe – Idealism and Disillusionment in Guinea-Bissau – A Critical Inquiry
