Colonial Wars in Contemporary Portuguese Fiction e-bog
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The Portuguese fiction that awakened public debate on imperialismThe colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau in the 1960s and 1970s were Portugal's Vietnam. The novels discussed in this study, written by Antonio Lobo Antunes, Lidia Jorge and Manuel Alegre among others, aroused passionate responses from the reading public and initiated a national debate, otherwise lacking in the co...
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253,01 DKK
Forlag
Tamesis Books
Udgivet
17 januar 2008
Længde
184 sider
Genrer
1DS
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781846156182
The Portuguese fiction that awakened public debate on imperialismThe colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau in the 1960s and 1970s were Portugal's Vietnam. The novels discussed in this study, written by Antonio Lobo Antunes, Lidia Jorge and Manuel Alegre among others, aroused passionate responses from the reading public and initiated a national debate, otherwise lacking in the contemporary press, with their systematic deconstruction of the rhetoric of patriotism and colonialism of Antonio Salazar's regime. The author's approach is of necessity grounded in postcolonial thought, as these works represent the awakening of a post-imperial conscience in Portuguese literature and society. ISABEL MOUTINHO is a Lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese at La Trobe University, Australia.