Melo e Castro, P (2017) The heart of the metropole: Urban space and interracial relationships in ‘Fidelidade’ by Vimala Devi, ‘Um Encontro Imprevisto’ by Henrique de Senna Fernandes, and ‘Nina’ by Orlanda Amarílis. Forum for Modern Language Studies, 53 (4). pp. 405-429. ISSN 0015-8518
Abstract
This article looks at the Lisbon-set stories ‘Fidelidade’ by Vimala Devi, ‘Um Encontro Imprevisto’ by Henrique de Senna Fernandes, and ‘Nina’ by Orlanda Amarílis, all of which dramatise a dead-end relationship between a colonised man and a metropolitan woman in the final years of Portuguese colonialism. It analyses how these narratives use the resources of the short story to challenge the colonial discourse of Lusotropicialism, hegemonic in Portugal in the years following the Second World War, and – via the spatial and interpersonal deixis of their ‘intermediate elite’ protagonists – inscribe the experience of colonised subjects on the margins of the imperial capital and reflect on the dynamics of identity affecting their home territories. This article concludes by arguing for a broad comparative practice that can bring a much-needed perspectivism to key issues in postcolonial studies in Portuguese and animate neglected parts of the worldwide Portuguese-language literary archive.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press for the Court of the University of St Andrews. All rights reserved. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article published in Modern Language Studies uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. The version of record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqx038 |
Keywords: | Short story; Chronotope; Postcolonialism; Urban space; Goa; Macau; Cape Verde; Lusotropicalism; Interracial relationships; Lisbon |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Oct 2016 09:06 |
Last Modified: | 07 Sep 2019 00:52 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/fmls/cqx038 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:105264 |