TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger
PY  - 2017
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783631732540
TI  - Modern Slavery and Water Spirituality
T2  - A Critical Debate in Africa and Latin America
DO  - 10.3726/b11670
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1110202
N2  - This book contains close readings of contemporary literary texts and art work by Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking authors from Africa and Latin America. The readings reveal a critical debate that understands reflections on the slave trade and current migrations from Africa to Europe as continuity since early modern history. This part of cultural history is firmly rooted in the Black Atlantic, although the book’s primary concern is a discussion of situations in which water spirituality functions as a backdrop. This critical inquiry of social inequality and injustice is based on a theoretical framework that addresses migrations overseas and forced labor. Therefore, the readings are placed within the cultural tradition of seven countries: Brazil, Angola, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Principe, and Guinea-Bissau.
KW  - Oceanic Modernity, Working Conditions, Overseas Migrations, Contemporary Literatures, Comparative Literatures, Africa and Latin America
LA  - English
ER  -