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EnglishInformed by an interpretative framework where the theoretical paradigms of British Cultural studies and Black feminism inextricably interweave, the paper aims at illustrating a complex identity model of the Black British woman as delineated in Anglo-Nigerian writer Bernardine Evaristo’s The Emperor’s Babe (2001). Published at the turn of the 21st century, Evaristo’s second novel-in-verse revolves around the life-experience of a young black woman born of Sudanese parents in Roman London, Zuleika, who ends up having an intense relationship with the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus. In its highly orchestrated narrative fabric where prose and poetry conflate, this unconventional historical novel, in focusing on Black gendered identities, simultaneously engages with contemporary issues of racialization and national belonging, while, at the same time, transplanting them in Roman Britannia. By virtue of such temporal transposition, The Emperor’s Babe also inevitably allows for an imaginative reshaping of British national history in the context of a wider revision of the European classical past.
Gendusa, E.M.E. (2011). Bernardine Evaristo’s The Emperor’s Babe: De-essentialising Euro-Mediterranean History. In D. Čurčić (a cura di), Proceedings of the 3rd EMUNI Research Souk ‘Innovation and Employability – The Universities Challenge’ (pp. 808-814). Portorož : EMUNI University.
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2011 | |
| Titolo: | Bernardine Evaristo’s The Emperor’s Babe: De-essentialising Euro-Mediterranean History | |
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| Citazione: | Gendusa, E.M.E. (2011). Bernardine Evaristo’s The Emperor’s Babe: De-essentialising Euro-Mediterranean History. In D. Čurčić (a cura di), Proceedings of the 3rd EMUNI Research Souk ‘Innovation and Employability – The Universities Challenge’ (pp. 808-814). Portorož : EMUNI University. | |
| Abstract: | Informed by an interpretative framework where the theoretical paradigms of British Cultural studies and Black feminism inextricably interweave, the paper aims at illustrating a complex identity model of the Black British woman as delineated in Anglo-Nigerian writer Bernardine Evaristo’s The Emperor’s Babe (2001). Published at the turn of the 21st century, Evaristo’s second novel-in-verse revolves around the life-experience of a young black woman born of Sudanese parents in Roman London, Zuleika, who ends up having an intense relationship with the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus. In its highly orchestrated narrative fabric where prose and poetry conflate, this unconventional historical novel, in focusing on Black gendered identities, simultaneously engages with contemporary issues of racialization and national belonging, while, at the same time, transplanting them in Roman Britannia. By virtue of such temporal transposition, The Emperor’s Babe also inevitably allows for an imaginative reshaping of British national history in the context of a wider revision of the European classical past. | |
| ISBN: | 978-961-6805-04-9 | |
| Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore L-LIN/10 - Letteratura Inglese | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 2.07 Contributo in atti di convegno pubblicato in volume |
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