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Literature against the empire: narratives of the nation in the textbook História de Angola and in the Novel Yaka

dc.contributor.authorSantos, Alexandra Dias
dc.contributor.authorSubtil, Filipa Mónica de Brito Gonçalves
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:59:15Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:59:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis chapter offers an original argument regarding the contribution of ethno-history to Angolan nationalism. In the mid-1960s, a group of intellectuals committed to the cause of the MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) forged a counter-narrative to the epics disseminated by the coloniser and created a new ethno-history of Angola that supported the nationalists’ claim for independence. This chapter examines their major accomplishment, the textbook História de Angola, as well as Pepetela’s novel Yaka, in order to understand how the myths and heroes these narratives convey have provided legitimacy for the MPLA. The chapter also analyses more obscure aspects embedded in these founding narratives, such as a praising of violence and the demonisation of ethnicity.en
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dc.identifier.citationSANTOS, Alexandra; SUBTIL, Filipa - Literature against the empire: narratives of the nation in the textbook História de Angola and in the Novel Yaka. In: GARCIA, José Luís [et al.] (eds.) - Media and the portuguese empire. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. (Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media. Palgrave Macmillan). ISBN 978-3-319-61792-3. pp. 309-326pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/978-3-319-61792-3_17pt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-319-61791-6 (print)
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-319-61792-3 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/7726
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillanpt_PT
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPalgrave Studies in the History of the Mediaen
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-61792-3_17pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectAngolapt_PT
dc.subjectAngolan nationalismen
dc.subjectEthno-historyen
dc.subjectMPLA - Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angolaen
dc.titleLiterature against the empire: narratives of the nation in the textbook História de Angola and in the Novel Yakaen
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceCham, Switrzerlandpt_PT
oaire.citation.endPage326pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage309pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleMedia and the portuguese empireen
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