Vers une postmémoire de la traite et de l’esclavage ?

This essay examines how the post-memory of the suffering caused by the slave trade is depicted in two novels, Beloved (Toni Morrison) and Humus (Fabienne Kanor). In the first part, it analyses the modes of representing the body of the slave as well as the limits of the historical approach when one t...

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Main Author: Fabrice Schurmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Portugaise d'Etudes Françaises 2017-04-01
Series:Carnets
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/carnets/2188