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Négritude (from French "nègre" and "-itude" to denote a condition that can be translated as "Blackness") is a framework of critique and literary theory, mainly developed by francophone intellectuals, writers, and politicians in the African diaspora during the 1930s, aimed at raising and cultivating "black consciousness" across Africa and its diaspora.
As in gothic literature by white writers, a grand human façade contrasts with the beautiful otherness of nature and masks a horror within. [17] The description of this "edifice" as a temple, surrounded by fields "like young virgins at the foot of an altar," marks the violation of the black female body as a form of sacrifice. [18]
African descendants who are France citizens. The absence of a legal definition of what it means to be "black" in France, the extent of anti-miscegenation laws over several centuries, the great diversity of black populations (African, Caribbean, etc) and the lack of legal recognition of ethnicity in French population censuses make this social entity extremely difficult to define, unlike in ...
The novel marks a critical point in European literature. It is the first French text to depict a black woman character with a complex psychology. [1] It is the first text to create "an articulate and educated black woman narrator," [2] and "one of the most compelling works of short fiction in French and a startlingly modern commentary on race." [3]
The Practice of Diaspora received widely favorable reviews. [4] [5] In Modern Fiction Studies, Michelle Stephens wrote, "With The Practice of Diaspora: Literature, Translation, and the Rise of Black Internationalism, Brent Edwards has changed the very landscape of transnational black studies, showing what we have lost by not developing a more multilingual approach to black cultural studies and ...
African American Vernacular English, or Black American English, is one of America's greatest sources of linguistic creativity, and Black Twitter especially has played a pivotal role in how words ...
Any texts in French from the colonies and territories that were considered to have merit were subsumed under the classification of French literature. The nature and importance of Francophone literature in various territories of the former French Empire depends on the concentration of French settlers, the length of time spent in colonial status ...
Brissot decided at the outset that he would publish written works to influence the public and politicians. [7] and this he did in profusion.The Society published French translations of British abolitionist literature, and also works written by Brissot ("Mémoire sur les Noirs de l'Amerique septentrionale" [8] [9] [10]), written in the midst of the French Revolution.