Provincialising Europe "from the inside" : James Baldwin's and Vincent O. Carter's writings about Switzerland
- This article studies two African American examples of provincialising Europe "from the inside", James Baldwin's essay "Stranger in the Village" and Vincent O. Carter's "The Bern Book", both set in 1950's Switzerland. It investigates how these texts reverse the ethnographic gaze at the "other" and use the rural Swiss scenario to imagine Europe as historically backward. While the authors differ in their intentions, both acts of provincialisation leave the superiority of European high culture intact.
- L'article étudie deux oeuvres afro-américaines, "Stranger in the Village" de Baldwin et "The Bern Book" de Carter, qui provincialisent l'Europe par une vision interne de la Suisse rurale des années 1950. Il examine comment ces textes inversent le regard ethnographique sur "l'autre" et imaginent l'Europe comme étant historiquement arriérée. Bien que les auteurs aient des intentions différentes, les deux actes de provincialisation ne contestent pas la supériorité culturelle de l'Europe.
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| Author: | Gianna ZoccoORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-855075 |
| URL: | https://classiques-garnier.com/export/pdf/complit-journal-of-european-literature-arts-and-society-2023-2-n-6-sketches-of-black-europe-in-african-and-african-diasporic-narratives-esquisses-de-l-europe-noire-dans-les-recits-d-afrique-et-des-diasporas-africaines-provincialising-europe.html?displaymode=full |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-16076-2.p.0117 |
| ISSN: | 2780-2523 |
| Parent Title (Multiple languages): | CompLit : Journal of European literature, arts and society |
| Title Additional (French): | Provincialiser l'Europe "par l'intérieur" : les ouvrages de James Baldwin et Vincent O. Carter sur la Suisse |
| Publisher: | Librairie Classiques Garnier |
| Place of publication: | Paris |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/04/30 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2023 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2024/05/06 |
| Tag: | African American literature; Ethnographic gaze; Provincialising Europe; The Bern book Littérature afro-américaine; Provincialisation de l 'Europe; Regard ethnographique |
| GND Keyword: | Baldwin, James; Stranger in the village; Carter, Vincent O.; Schweiz <Motiv>; Provinz <Lebensraum, Motiv>; Ethnologie; Blick |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 6 = Sketches of Black Europe in African and African diasporic narratives = Esquisses de l'Europe noire dans les récits d'Afrique et des diasporas africaines |
| Page Number: | 27 |
| First Page: | 117 |
| Last Page: | 141 |
| Note: | Entstanden im Rahmen eines durch die Europäische Union geförderten Projekts (Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 786281). |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 8 Literatur / 80 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft / 800 Literatur und Rhetorik |
| 8 Literatur / 81 Amerikanische Literatur in Englisch / 810 Amerikanische Literatur in Englisch | |
| Sammlungen: | CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft |
| CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft / Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Berlin | |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
