Postcolonial Literary Criticism of Transatlantic Slavery in Contemporary African and German-Language Literature: Between Trivialization, Memory Competition and the Responsibility of African Elites

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Slaves in Slavery Regimes of the Americas 19
5. Analysing Brazil and Africa in a Global Labor History Perspective: Challenges and Possibilities 61
6. The Contemporary History of Angola in Brazil: Pluralist Pasts within a Modern Nation 77
7. Normative Reflections on Slavery, Post-Slavery and Recognition: A Reflection on the Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Slavery in Brazil 93
8. On Freedom: Comparative Readings of Hegel and Seneca in Postcolonial Discourse 119
9. A Brief Note on Theatre and Slavery in Brazil 141
10. Survivor Narratives: Machado de Assis’ and Conceição Evaristo’s Writing-between-Worlds 149
11. Cleverness, Slavery and Hierarchy: The Representation of Subaltern Characters in the Plays of Plautus and Ariano Suassuna 163
12. The Advent of Scientific Racism and Racial Theories in Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Literature: Humans Portrayed as Animals 185
13. Positivism and Evolutionism in Brazil: The Rise of the Generation of 1870 and Its Paradoxes 205
14. Postcolonial Literary Criticism of Transatlantic Slavery in Contemporary African and German-Language Literature: Between Trivialization, Memory Competition and the Responsibility of African Elites 219
15. Notes on Contributors
16. Index