The white continent of night : re-imagining Europe in women's neocolonial enslavement narratives : "On Black Sisters' Street" and "Joy"
- This article compares Chika Unigwe's novel "On Black Sisters' Street" and Sudabeh Mortezai's film "Joy", both about Nigerian women trafficked for sex work to Belgium and Austria respectively. They share a genre genealogy with slave narratives but are primarily concerned with European (neo-)colonialism. Drawing on postcolonial and intersectional theory as well as imagology, this article analyses the Black female re-imagination and strategic exoticisation of Europe in the two narratives.
- L'article compare le roman "On Black Sisters' Street" de Chika Unigwe et le film "Joy" de Sudabeh Mortezai, qui traitent du trafic sexuel des femmes nigérianes vers la Belgique et l'Autriche. Ils partagent une généalogie de genre avec le récit d'esclavage, mais se focalisent sur le (néo-)colonialisme européen. S'appuyant sur la théorie postcoloniale et intersectionnelle ainsi que sur l'imagologie, l'article analyse la ré-imagination féminine noire et l'exotisation stratégique de l'Europe dans les deux oeuvres.
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| Author: | Sandra FolieORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-844512 |
| 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-the-white-continent-of.html?displaymode=full |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-16076-2.p.0091 |
| ISSN: | 2780-2523 |
| Parent Title (Multiple languages): | CompLit : journal of European literature, arts and society |
| Title Additional (French): | Le continent blanc de la nuit : ré-imaginer l'Europe dans les récits féminins de l'esclavage néocolonial : "On Black Sisters' Street" et "Joy" |
| Publisher: | Librairie Classiques Garnier |
| Place of publication: | Paris |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2024/04/26 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2023 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2024/05/06 |
| Tag: | Joy; Mortezai, Sudabeh Imagology; Sex trafficking; Slave narratives Récit d'esclave; Trafic sexuel |
| GND Keyword: | Unigwe, Chika; Fata Morgana; Frauenhandel <Motiv>; Prostitution <Motiv>; Europa <Motiv>; Imagologie |
| 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: | 91 |
| Last Page: | 115 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 8 Literatur / 80 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft / 800 Literatur und Rhetorik |
| 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 |
