XII CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL ABRALIC

XII CONGRESSO INTERNACIONAL ABRALIC

Resumo:1085-1

Oral (Tema Livre)

1085-1	Uprising Textualities, Hybridism and Resistance in the Americas: Slavery and contemporary Afro-Latin American Religious Practice in Luz Argentina Chiriboga, Dahlma Llanos Figueroa and Conceicao Evaristo
Autores:	Lesley Feracho (UGA - University of GeorgiaUGA - University of GeorgiaUGA - University of GeorgiaUGA - University of Georgia)

Resumo

Drawing on Carole Boyce Davies’ definition of uprising textualities I will explore how contemporary Afro-Latin American authors Luz Argentina Chiriboga from Ecuador, Dahlma Llanos Figueroa from Puerto Rico and Conceição Evaristo use representations of ritual observances and religious practices, particularly by women, tracing back to slavery, in their contemporary works as sites of hybrid cultural practice that help them navigate discourses of oppression and more importantly develop strategies of cultural identification and resistance. By specifically looking at Afro-Latin American women’s performance and navigation of hybrid religious and ritual practices –with roots in slavery-in their respective novels, Jonatás y Manuela, Daughters of the Stone and Poncia Vicêncio I will demonstrate their contribution to the identification of important cultural hybrid counter discourses in the African Diaspora in the Hispanophone and Lusophone Americas.

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