Through the analysis of two texts belonging to the 'neo-slave narrative' genre, the centrality of the female body will be highlighted from the perspective of black female experience, regarded as a true 'site of memory'. The discussion will also emphasize how the African American community continues to suffer the consequences of the atrocities committed during slavery: a horrific wound that remains open and cannot be forgotten.
Attraverso la lettura di due testi appartenenti al genere della 'neo-slave narrative' verrà evidenziata dalla prospettiva dell'esperienza delle donne nere, la centralità del corpo della donna, considerato un vero e proprio 'sito della memoria', e sottolineando come, ancora oggi, la comunità Afroamericana risenta delle atrocità subite durante la schiavitù: una terribile ferita che fatica a rimarginarsi e che non deve essere dimenticata.
The Black Female Body As Traumatic Memory: A Reading Of Gayl Jones’s Corregidora And Phyllis A. Perry’s Stigmata
BORTOLOTTI, ANNA TERESA
2024/2025
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Through the analysis of two texts belonging to the 'neo-slave narrative' genre, the centrality of the female body will be highlighted from the perspective of black female experience, regarded as a true 'site of memory'. The discussion will also emphasize how the African American community continues to suffer the consequences of the atrocities committed during slavery: a horrific wound that remains open and cannot be forgotten.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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