Manuel Zapata Olivella

Changó, Decolonizing the African Diaspora (eBook, PDF)

Übersetzer: Tittler, Jonathan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The crowning achievement of Afro-Colombian author Manuel Zapata Olivella, Changó depicts the African American experience from a perspective of gods who stand over the world and watch. The centennial anniversary release of this ground-breaking postcolonial text remains a passionate tour de force to make sense of our past, present, and future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000409710
• Artikelnr.: 62504036

Autorenporträt

Manuel Zapata Olivella (1920-2004), hailed by critic Richard Jackson as "the dean of Black Hispanic writers," was the author of more than a dozen novels as well as numerous essays and short stories, including A Saint Is Born in Chimá and Chambacú, Black Slum. One of six children in a Colombian literary family, Zapata Olivella initially pursued medical training at the National University of Bogotá but interrupted his studies to write and travel. From the 1940s through the 1990s he explored not only the folklore and ethnography of his native country but an expansive range of international social and political themes. His work garnered prestigious literary awards worldwide, including the Símon Bolívar Prize, the Casa de las Américas Prize, and the Parisian Human Rights Prize.

Jonathan Tittler is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Rutgers University-Camden. He holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic literature from Cornell University and is the author of four books, including the political-literary biography El verbo y el mando: Vida y milagros de Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazábal (Language and Power: The Life and Times of Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazábal) and numerous articles in the field of contemporary Latin American literature. He has previously translated two Afro-Hispanic novels into English: Juyungo, by Adalberto Ortiz, and Chambacú, Black Slum, also by Zapata Olivella. A previous edition of this translation (Chango, the Biggest Badass, Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 2010) was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2011 competition for the MLA Lois Roth Prize for Translation of a Literary Work.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Origins 1. Land of Ancestors 2. The Slave Trade 3. The
Elongated Footprint between Two Worlds Part 2: The American Muntu 4. Born
between Two Seas 5. Children of God and the She-Devil 6. Elegba's Cross,
Torture at Large! Part 3: The Vodou Rebellion 7. The Horses and Their
Riders Speak 8. Bouckman's Drum 9. Freedom or Death Part 4: Rediscovered
Bloodlines 10. Simón Bolívar: Memory of Oblivion 11. José Prudencio
Padilla: Alien Wars That Seem Like Our Own 12. The Aleijadinho: Where Your
Fingerless Hands Leave the Imprint of Your Spirit 13. José María Morelos:
The Call of the Olmec Ancestors Part 5: Ancestral Combatants 14. The
Ancestor Cult 15. The Thunderbolt Makers 16. The Civil War Gave Us Freedom,
but Freedom Returned Us to Slavery 17. Hey, the Orichas Are Furious!

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Introduction Part 1: Origins 1. Land of Ancestors 2. The Slave Trade 3. The Elongated Footprint between Two Worlds Part 2: The American Muntu 4. Born between Two Seas 5. Children of God and the She-Devil 6. Elegba's Cross, Torture at Large! Part 3: The Vodou Rebellion 7. The Horses and Their Riders Speak 8. Bouckman's Drum 9. Freedom or Death Part 4: Rediscovered Bloodlines 10. Simón Bolívar: Memory of Oblivion 11. José Prudencio Padilla: Alien Wars That Seem Like Our Own 12. The Aleijadinho: Where Your Fingerless Hands Leave the Imprint of Your Spirit 13. José María Morelos: The Call of the Olmec Ancestors Part 5: Ancestral Combatants 14. The Ancestor Cult 15. The Thunderbolt Makers 16. The Civil War Gave Us Freedom, but Freedom Returned Us to Slavery 17. Hey, the Orichas Are Furious!

Rezensionen

"Superbly translated, Manuel Zapata Olivella's Afro-centric magnum opus begins with "the origins" of African spiritual culture and tells of the African diaspora in all of the Americas. This magnificent novel is not only about slavery but also about the difficult yet exemplary liberation of the black race."

Michael Palencia-Roth, Trowbridge Scholar and Emeritus Professor of Comparative and World Literature, The University of Illinois, Past President, International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations