Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial Kenya
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Resumo: | This paper analyzes the process of domestication of the African natural environment, as portrayed in Kenyan writer and critic Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood (1991), in order to understand how the novel represents the relation between cultural domination and the economic exploitation of the land and the work force, carried out by the British in Kenya, and detect, in the characters’ trajectories, the existence or not of forms of agency capable of minimizing the impacts of colonialism. My claim is that the novel builds a dialectics between violence and redemption, woven in the narrative through the formation of new subjectivities and the asymmetrical co-existence of different modes of life, to which the natural environment presents opposed values. |
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Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial KenyaPétalas de sangue: natureza, violência e redenção no Quênia pós-colonialcolonialist modernitycultural dominationagencyutopiamodernidade colonialistadominação culturalagênciautopiaThis paper analyzes the process of domestication of the African natural environment, as portrayed in Kenyan writer and critic Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood (1991), in order to understand how the novel represents the relation between cultural domination and the economic exploitation of the land and the work force, carried out by the British in Kenya, and detect, in the characters’ trajectories, the existence or not of forms of agency capable of minimizing the impacts of colonialism. My claim is that the novel builds a dialectics between violence and redemption, woven in the narrative through the formation of new subjectivities and the asymmetrical co-existence of different modes of life, to which the natural environment presents opposed values. Este trabalho discute o processo de domesticação do ambiente natural africano, tal como retratado em Pétalas de Sangue, do escritor e crítico queniano, Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1991), com o objetivo de entender como o romance representa a relação entre dominação cultural e exploração econômica da terra e da mão de obra, levadas a cabo pelos britânicos no Quênia, e detectar, na trajetória dos personagens, a existência ou não de formas de agência capazes de minimizar os impactos do colonialismo. Tem-se como hipótese a construção de uma dialética entre violência e redenção, tecida ao longo da narrativa a partir da formação de novas subjetividades e da convivência assimétrica entre diferentes modos de vida, para os quais o ambiente natural apresenta valores opostos. Universidade Estadual De Maringá2014-08-25info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/2161310.4025/actascilangcult.v36i3.21613Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture; Vol 36 No 3 (2014); 275-281Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture; v. 36 n. 3 (2014); 275-2811983-46831983-4675reponame:Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online)instname:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)instacron:UEMporhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/21613/pdf_33Rodrigues, Angela Lamasinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2014-09-11T09:01:35Zoai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/21613Revistahttp://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCultPUBhttp://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/oai||actalan@uem.br1983-46831983-4675opendoar:2014-09-11T09:01:35Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture (Online) - Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)false |
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Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial Kenya Pétalas de sangue: natureza, violência e redenção no Quênia pós-colonial |
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Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial Kenya |
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Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial Kenya Rodrigues, Angela Lamas colonialist modernity cultural domination agency utopia modernidade colonialista dominação cultural agência utopia |
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Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial Kenya |
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Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial Kenya |
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Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial Kenya |
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Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial Kenya |
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Petals of blood: nature, violence, and redemption in post-colonial Kenya |
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Rodrigues, Angela Lamas |
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Rodrigues, Angela Lamas |
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Rodrigues, Angela Lamas |
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colonialist modernity cultural domination agency utopia modernidade colonialista dominação cultural agência utopia |
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colonialist modernity cultural domination agency utopia modernidade colonialista dominação cultural agência utopia |
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This paper analyzes the process of domestication of the African natural environment, as portrayed in Kenyan writer and critic Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Petals of Blood (1991), in order to understand how the novel represents the relation between cultural domination and the economic exploitation of the land and the work force, carried out by the British in Kenya, and detect, in the characters’ trajectories, the existence or not of forms of agency capable of minimizing the impacts of colonialism. My claim is that the novel builds a dialectics between violence and redemption, woven in the narrative through the formation of new subjectivities and the asymmetrical co-existence of different modes of life, to which the natural environment presents opposed values. |
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