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Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial AfricaIdentity, the “Passing” Novel, and the Phenomenology of “Race”

Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa: Identity, the “Passing” Novel, and... [The physical and psychological dismemberment of the African continent and its Diaspora, occasioned by the transatlantic slave trade and colonization, cannot be wished away or repaired by negating the self (past), and therefore remains one of the primary concerns of writers of the Black Atlantic. In spite of their efforts at agency—the deconstruction of racial essentialism—the “passing” characters in the novels discussed in this chapter not only fail to transcend “race” in order to attain freedom, they also deny their selves and historical relevance, thus paradoxically reinforcing that which they intend to challenge. The chapter contends that the phenomenology of “blackness” is historical and that the black body and its traumatic experiences have to be acknowledged and “re-membered” for wholeness to ensue.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial AfricaIdentity, the “Passing” Novel, and the Phenomenology of “Race”

Part of the African Histories and Modernities Book Series
Editors: Kalu, Kenneth; Falola, Toyin
Logan, Mawuena K.
Exploitation and Misrule in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa — Oct 9, 2018
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
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978-3-319-96495-9
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145 –161
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10.1007/978-3-319-96496-6_7
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Abstract

[The physical and psychological dismemberment of the African continent and its Diaspora, occasioned by the transatlantic slave trade and colonization, cannot be wished away or repaired by negating the self (past), and therefore remains one of the primary concerns of writers of the Black Atlantic. In spite of their efforts at agency—the deconstruction of racial essentialism—the “passing” characters in the novels discussed in this chapter not only fail to transcend “race” in order to attain freedom, they also deny their selves and historical relevance, thus paradoxically reinforcing that which they intend to challenge. The chapter contends that the phenomenology of “blackness” is historical and that the black body and its traumatic experiences have to be acknowledged and “re-membered” for wholeness to ensue.]

Published: Oct 9, 2018

Keywords: Black Atlantic; White Negro; freedomFreedom; slaverySlavery; Brown Baby

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