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The study examines cultural effects of various colonial systems of government in the Spanish- and French-speaking Caribbean in a little investigated period of transition: from the French Revolution to the abolition of slavery in Cuba (1789-1886). The comparison of cultural transfer processes by means of literary production from and about the Caribbean, embedded in a broader context of the circulation of culture and knowledge deciphers the different transculturations of European discourses in the colonies as well as the repercussions of these transculturations on the motherland's ideas of the colonial other: The loss of a culturally binding centre in the case of the Spanish colonies - in contrast to France's strong presence and binding force - is accompanied by a multirelationality which increasingly shapes hispanophone Caribbean literature and promotes the pursuit for political independence.The book provides necessary revision to the idea that the 19th-century Caribbean can only be understood as an outpost of the European metropolises. Examining the kaleidoscope of the colonial Caribbean opens new insights into the early processes of cultural globalisation and questions our established concept of a genuine western modernity. Updated and expanded translation of Die koloniale Karibik. Transferprozesse in hispanophonen und frankophonen Literaturen, De Gruyter (mimesis 53), 2012

Literature: history & criticism --- Literary studies: general --- Social & cultural history --- National liberation & independence, post-colonialism --- (Post)Colonial Studies. --- Caribbean Literature. --- Cultural Transfer. --- Romanticism.

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The documentary My heart of Darkness (Sweden 2011) tells the story of a South-African paratrooper returning to Angola: Facing former enemies, he tries to regain mental health and reconciliation. The film marks the stepping-stone for this volume: The contributions examine different facets like the memory-discourse, genre aspects, the use of music, and authentification processes. Several texts discuss these topics in a more general way including other films. Furthermore, some articles are devoted to the historical context, i.e. the Angolan Civil War and the aftermath of this conflict in the cultural sphere.

Literature --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Evaluation of literature --- Criticism --- Literary style --- History and criticism. --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Memory Studies; Post-Colonial Studies; Film; Angola; Civil War; Memory Culture; Postcolonialism; Cultural History; History of Colonialism; African History; Cultural Studies --- African History. --- Angola. --- Civil War. --- Cultural History. --- Cultural Studies. --- Film. --- History of Colonialism. --- Memory Culture. --- Post-Colonial Studies. --- Postcolonialism.

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Romani people --- race --- post-colonial studies --- critical race studies --- intersectionality --- diaspora studies --- Romanies --- Social conditions --- Civil rights --- Violence against --- Romanies. --- Civil rights. --- Social conditions. --- Bohemians (Romanies) --- Gipsies --- Gitanos --- Gypsies --- Kalderash --- Manush --- Roma (People) --- Romani --- Sinti --- Nomads --- romani people

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"Decolonization and its Impact" is a ground-breaking comparative study of decolonization from before the Second World War to the early 1960s. It focuses on the process and impact of decolonization at the level of the 'late colonial state' and of colonial societies, with reference to a number of key cases across the European colonial empires. The book presents an original model of decolonization which seeks to reconcile imperial and nationalist perspectives, and engages with important theoretical approaches.Major themes include: the development of the colonial state; the emergence of nationalist movements and alternatives to nationalism in colonial societies; the interplay between colonial reformism and anti-colonial politics after 1945; wars and emergencies; the impact of decolonization on metropolitan society and politics; and, the 'endgame' of decolonization. While decolonization is often seen as 'inevitable', the emphasis throughout the book is on decolonization as a dynamic and often violent political crisis, the resolution of which had many unintended outcomes, not only for the colonial powers but also for post-colonial regimes and societies.

Decolonization --- Imperialism --- Décolonisation --- Impérialisme --- History --- Histoire --- Europe --- Colonies --- History. --- --Empire colonial --- --Decolonization --- Sovereignty --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Colonization --- Postcolonialism --- World history --- Colonisation. Decolonisation --- anno 1900-1999 --- Décolonisation --- Empire colonial --- Decolonization - History - 20th century --- ETUDES POSTCOLONIALES = POST COLONIAL STUDIES --- DECOLONISATION --- ETUDES COMPAREES --- HISTOIRE --- 20E SIECLE

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This book is a study of the current debates about identitarian thought in relation to contexts of postcolonial resistance and reconstruction. How is identity theorized, constructed and claimed in the context of postcolonial political and cultural struggles against imperial hegemony? How is our understanding of identity inflected by the strengthening alliance between postcolonial theory, on the one hand, and the postmodern pull towards ‘de-hegemonization’ on the other? This study assesses different postcolonial ‘relocations’ in cultural and political discourse and highlights the political uncertainties and theoretical fractures that the persistent appeal to Western frameworks of knowledge engenders. This book aligns three white settler nations, namely, Canada, Australia and South Africa, from a socio-political and cultural point of view. It proposes a study of their twin positions as distinctive avatars of postcolonial experience and as illustrative models of a general postcolonial condition. Furthermore, it raises issues of identity and identity politics on the level of literary discourse as well as in terms of national context. The novels of Canadian Michael Ondaatje, Australian David Malouf, and South African Nadine Gordimer present rich thematic parallels; they engage with particular white settler national issues as well as more general postcolonial questions.

820 <100> --- Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- 820 <100> Engelse literatuur: Commonwealth --- Commonwealth literature (English) --- English literature --- Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature --- Politics in literature --- Postcolonialism in literature --- Postcolonialism --- Postmodernism (Literature) --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- Modernism (Literature) --- Post-postmodernism (Literature) --- Political science in literature --- Identity in literature --- History and criticism --- Gordimer, Nadine --- Malouf, David, --- Ondaatje, Michael, --- Ondaatje, Philip Michael, --- Гордимер, Надин --- גורדימר, נדין --- Cassirer, Nadine Gordimer --- Gkorntimer, Nantin --- Godimŏ, Nadin --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Ondaatje, Philip Michael‏ --- Ondaatje, Michael --- Ondaatje, Philip Michael --- ONDAATJE (MICHAEL), 1943 --- -MALOUF (DAVID), 1934 --- -GORDIMER (NADINE), 1923 --- -LITTERATURE DU COMMONWEALTH --- Identité (psychologie) --- ETUDES POSTCOLONIALES = POST COLONIAL STUDIES --- POSTCOLONIALISME --- Postcolonialisme --- Critique et interprétation --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- Dans la littérature --- COMMONWEALTH