The colonial wars in contemporary Portuguese fiction / Isabel Moutinho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moutinho, Isabel, author.

Series:

Colección Támesis. Monografías ; Serie A, 252.

Colección Támesis. Serie A: Monografías ; 252

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portuguese fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Portuguese fiction.

Imperialism in literature.

Portugal--Colonies--Africa.

Portugal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Tamesis, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Portuguese fiction that awakened public debate on imperialism The colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau in the 1960s and 1970s were Portugal's Vietnam. The novels discussed in this study, written by António Lobo Antunes, Lídia Jorge and Manuel Alegre among others, aroused passionate responses from the reading public and initiated a national debate, otherwise lacking in the contemporary press, with their systematic deconstruction of the rhetoric of patriotism and colonialism of António Salazar's regime. The author's approach is of necessity grounded in postcolonial thought, as these works represent the awakening of a post-imperial conscience in Portuguese literature and society. ISABEL MOUTINHO is a Lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese at La Trobe University, Australia.

Contents:

FRONTCOVER; CONTENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; THE TRAUMATIC MEMORY; 1 António Lobo Antunes, Os Cus de Judas; 2 Álamo Oliveira, Até Hoje (Memórias de Cão); THE PERSONAL MEMORY; 3 Wanda Ramos, Percursos; 4 Lídia Jorge, A Costa dos Murmúrios; THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY; 5 João de Melo, Autópsia de Um Mar de Ruínas; 7 Manuel Alegre, Jornada de África; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; BACKCOVER

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 May 2023).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-170) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-62121-1

9786612621215

1-84615-618-1

OCLC:

647768100