Imagining Afrodescendance and the African Diaspora in Spain: Re-/Decentering Belonging in Literature, Photography, and Film

IF 0.3 3区文学 0 LITERATURE, AFRICAN, AUSTRALIAN, CANADIAN

Research in African Literatures Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.2979/reseafrilite.52.2.10

Julia Borst

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ABSTRACT:In recent years, an increasing number of African and Afrodescendant artists in Spain have been speaking from an in-between space defined by the experience of being perceived as the “racialized Other.” Their work is characterized by a political commitment and an aim to provide visibility to their communities and (re)value their African heritage. From a cultural studies and discourse analysis perspective, I explore three diverse examples, poems by Yeison García López, a photobook by Rubén H. Bermúdez, and a documentary by Sergio Aparicio, that all imagine Afrodescendance as a shared narrative and empowering moment relating Africa and her diaspora. In their works, García López, Bermúdez, and Aparicio conceptualize Afrodescendance as a powerful source of belonging. Relating to the multitude of African/Afrodiasporic realities, they offer a decentered space of identification that enables the subject to embrace (new) networks of solidarity and, through active self-positioning, transcend an experience of marginalization characteristic of her/his diasporic condition.

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想象非洲后裔和散居西班牙的非洲人:文学、摄影和电影中的重新/去中心化归属

摘要：近年来，西班牙越来越多的非洲和非洲艺术家在被视为“种族化的他者”的中间空间发表演讲。他们的作品的特点是政治承诺，旨在为他们的社区提供可见性，并（重新）重视他们的非洲遗产。从文化研究和话语分析的角度，我探讨了三个不同的例子，Yeison García López的诗歌、Rubén H.Bermúdez的摄影书和Sergio Aparicio的纪录片，所有这些都将非洲场景想象成一个与非洲及其侨民有关的共同叙事和赋权时刻。在他们的作品中，García López、Bermúdez和Aparicio将非洲舞蹈概念化为一种强大的归属感来源。与众多的非洲/非洲流散现实有关，它们提供了一个分散的认同空间，使受试者能够接受（新的）团结网络，并通过积极的自我定位，超越她/他的流散状况所特有的边缘化体验。

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Research in African Literatures LITERATURE, AFRICAN, AUSTRALIAN, CANADIAN-

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期刊介绍： Founded in 1970, Research in African Literatures is the premier journal of African literary studies worldwide and provides a forum in English for research on the oral and written literatures of Africa, as well as information on African publishing, announcements of importance to Africanists, and notes and queries of literary interest. Reviews of current scholarly books are included in every issue, often presented as review essays, and a forum offers readers the opportunity to respond to issues raised in articles and book reviews.