This research aims to compare the figure of the hero in the novel "La mucama de Omicunlé" by Rita Indiana with that of the Marvel’s movie "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". The works explore a main character who must save the world from imminent collapse, in the first case, save it from an environmental apocalypse, while, in the second, prevent a war between powerful secret societies. In "La mucama de Omicunlé" the hero is a multifaceted protagonist, characterized by a life of abuse and discrimination and with a destiny to fulfil, he is the chosen one of a local divinity to save humanity from an environmental apocalypse, humanity that with wars, pollution and colonization has brought itself to its end. At the centre of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" there is a black superheroine from a futuristic context and a mutant of Mesoamerican origin. Both come from marginalized backgrounds and are victims of colonialism who, to protect themselves, hid from the rest of the world. My objective will be to observe how, despite having different targets and narrative styles, "La mucama de Omicunlé" and "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" both present a combination of science fiction, indigenous and Afro descendant elements useful for addressing central concepts in the implementation of a cultural criticism to the global system, starting from a re-evaluation of a peripheral condition, staging hybrid or cross-breeding identities, bearers of a minority identity claim capable of contesting the effects of colonisation.
Questa ricerca vuole confrontare la figura dell’eroe nel romanzo "La mucama de Omicunlé" di Rita Indiana con quella del film Marvel "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". Le opere esplorano protagonisti che devono salvare il mondo da un collasso imminente, nel primo caso, salvarlo da un’apocalisse ambientale, mentre, nel secondo, prevenire una guerra tra potenti società segrete. Ne "La mucama de Omicunlé" l’eroe è un protagonista sfaccettato, caratterizzato da una vita di abusi e discriminazione e con un destino da compiere, è il prescelto di una divinità locale per salvare l’umanità da un’apocalissi ambientale, umanità che con guerre, inquinamento e colonizzazione si è portata alla propria fine. Al centro di "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" ci sono una super eroina nera proveniente da un contesto futuristico e un mutante di origine mesoamericana. Entrambi provengono da realtà marginalizzate e sono vittime del colonialismo che, per proteggersi, si sono nascoste dal resto del mondo. Il mio obiettivo sarà quello di osservare come nonostante abbiano target e stili narrativi differenti, "La mucama de Omicunlé" e "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" presentano entrambi un connubio tra elementi fantascientifici, indigenisti e afro discenti utili ad affrontare concetti centrali nella messa appunto di una critica culturale al sistema globale, a partire da una rivalutazione di una condizione periferica, mettendo in scena identità ibride o meticciate, portatrici di una rivendicazione identitaria minoritaria capace di contestare gli effetti della colonizzazione.
Problematizzazione del paradigma dell’eroe: narrazioni postcoloniali dell’apocalisse in La mucama de omicunlè e Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
BROLLO, ELISA
2024/2025
Abstract
This research aims to compare the figure of the hero in the novel "La mucama de Omicunlé" by Rita Indiana with that of the Marvel’s movie "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". The works explore a main character who must save the world from imminent collapse, in the first case, save it from an environmental apocalypse, while, in the second, prevent a war between powerful secret societies. In "La mucama de Omicunlé" the hero is a multifaceted protagonist, characterized by a life of abuse and discrimination and with a destiny to fulfil, he is the chosen one of a local divinity to save humanity from an environmental apocalypse, humanity that with wars, pollution and colonization has brought itself to its end. At the centre of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" there is a black superheroine from a futuristic context and a mutant of Mesoamerican origin. Both come from marginalized backgrounds and are victims of colonialism who, to protect themselves, hid from the rest of the world. My objective will be to observe how, despite having different targets and narrative styles, "La mucama de Omicunlé" and "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" both present a combination of science fiction, indigenous and Afro descendant elements useful for addressing central concepts in the implementation of a cultural criticism to the global system, starting from a re-evaluation of a peripheral condition, staging hybrid or cross-breeding identities, bearers of a minority identity claim capable of contesting the effects of colonisation.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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