Narrativas de exesclavizados afroamericanos. Conflictos de autoría
Guadalajara, México: Centro María Sibylla Merian de Estudios Latinoamericanos Avanzados en Humanidades y Ciencas Sociales, Editorial Universidad Guadalajara, 2022. First Edition. Paperback. 193p., bibl., indices, wrps. New. Item #80963
ISBN: 9786075716114
During the Spanish Colony, enslaved blacks had to face enormous obstacles to receive education, such as not having access to educational structures, under the idea that by nature they were incapable of thinking and that they were born to be slaves. It was taken for granted that their life stories only deserved to remain confined to strictly private spheres, as they were considered empty, vulgar, irrelevant, worthy of very little public attention.
The central theme of this book is the conflict unleashed by the authorship of autobiographies written by people of African origin, enslaved in America, during the 18th and 19th centuries. It addresses the cases of three authors and one author, whose testimonial narratives have been widely disseminated since they were written: Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Juan Francisco Manzano and Mahomma Gardo Baquaqua. The reader will find details and nuances about the prohibitions faced by these people to become literate and record their experiences in captivity on paper.
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