In search of a place in the empire: englishness, black belonging and national memory in two short stories by Andrea Levy

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Denise Almeida
Data de Publicação: 2017
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Ilha do Desterro
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/2175-8026.2017v70n1p17
Resumo: This essay aims at investigating the interrogation of Englishness carried out by the black English writer Andrea Levy from within the place she occupies as an English citizen who descends from black Caribbean immigrants. This interrogation takes place in the context of the identity construction that follows the encounter between the English and their others, especially in the Windrush generation. Interviews and the essay “Back to my own country” (2014) provide insights for considerations on the influence of racist practice and thought on the social and cultural relations and on the invisibilization of black slavery in the English official history. Andrea Levy's fiction is seen as the means used by the writer to take a stand before historic omissions, and two short stories which highlight the relationship between black colonials and the white hegemony are analyzed to exemplify such fictional praxis, “That polite way that English people have” and “The empty pram”.
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spelling In search of a place in the empire: englishness, black belonging and national memory in two short stories by Andrea LevyPor um lugar no império: inglesidade, pertencimento negro e memória nacional em dois contos de Andrea LevyThis essay aims at investigating the interrogation of Englishness carried out by the black English writer Andrea Levy from within the place she occupies as an English citizen who descends from black Caribbean immigrants. This interrogation takes place in the context of the identity construction that follows the encounter between the English and their others, especially in the Windrush generation. Interviews and the essay “Back to my own country” (2014) provide insights for considerations on the influence of racist practice and thought on the social and cultural relations and on the invisibilization of black slavery in the English official history. Andrea Levy's fiction is seen as the means used by the writer to take a stand before historic omissions, and two short stories which highlight the relationship between black colonials and the white hegemony are analyzed to exemplify such fictional praxis, “That polite way that English people have” and “The empty pram”.Este trabalho objetiva examinar a interrogação da inglesidade (Englishness) pela  ficcionista britânica negra Andrea Levy a partir do lugar ocupado por ela como cidadã britânica, descendente de migrantes caribenhos negros.  O questionamento é situado no quadro da construção identitária que segue ao contato dos ingleses com seus outros, especialmente no contexto da geração Windrush. Entrevistas e, sobretudo, o ensaio “Back to my own country” ajudam a dimensionar a influência da prática e pensamento racista tanto nas relações sociais e culturais quanto na invisibilização da escravidão negra na história oficial da Inglaterra. Considera-se a escrita como a forma escolhida por Levy para posicionar-se frente a essa omissão histórica, e  analisam-se, como forma de exemplificar tal práxis ficcional,  dois contos que visibilizam as relações entre os coloniais negros e a população hegemônica inglesa, “The polite way that English people have” e “The empty pram”.UFSC2017-01-27info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/2175-8026.2017v70n1p1710.5007/2175-8026.2017v70n1p17Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies; Vol. 70 No. 1 (2017); 17-26Ilha do Desterro A Journal of English Language, Literatures in English and Cultural Studies; v. 70 n. 1 (2017); 17-262175-80260101-4846reponame:Ilha do Desterroinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)instacron:UFSCporhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/2175-8026.2017v70n1p17/33482Copyright (c) 2017 Denise Almeida Silvainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSilva, Denise Almeida2019-01-25T09:05:27Zoai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/46120Revistahttp://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterroPUBhttps://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/oaiilha@cce.ufsc.br||corseuil@cce.ufsc.br||ilhadodesterro@gmail.com2175-80260101-4846opendoar:2019-01-25T09:05:27Ilha do Desterro - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)false
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title In search of a place in the empire: englishness, black belonging and national memory in two short stories by Andrea Levy
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Silva, Denise Almeida
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