Work

African diaspora, interlanguages, and the unconscious

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This article examines Ana Maria Gonçalves’ novel Um Defeito de Cor (A Colour Defect), published in 2006; a fiction intertwined with history, memory, languages, and cultures of black Africans brought to Brazil, and describing mainly Salvador in the mid-19th century, developed within the gaps of the limited historical records of enslaved people. It analyses the subjective experiences of the protagonist, Kehinde, as she navigates multiple languages and cultures. It explores the unconscious impacts of exposure to a plurality of languages, informed by Lélia Gonzalez’s concept of ‘Pretoguês’, which highlights the influence of African languages on Portuguese.

Source: Psychotherapy and Politics International

DOI: 10.24135/ppi.v22i2.06

Author: Monica Lima

Institution: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Language: English

Topic: Literature, Culture, and Criticism

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $2,500