Homegoing: from the banalization of memory to an exemplary memory

This paper explores the ways in which Yaa Gyasi’s first novel, Homegoing, imprints an exemplary memory of the history of slavery. The narrative follows seven generations, from the XVIII century to the present, and it constructs an alternative memory of slavery. Gyasi revises the categories of victim...

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Autor principal: Formiga, Paola Alejandra
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: CETYCLI 2023
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Memoria ejemplar
Yaa Gyasi
Banalización de la memoria
Esclavitud
Tzvetan Todorov
Exemplary memory
Banalization of memory
Slavery
Acceso en línea:https://badebec.unr.edu.ar/index.php/badebec/article/view/586
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spelling I15-R206-article-5862023-04-10T13:01:41Z Homegoing: from the banalization of memory to an exemplary memory Volver a casa: de la banalización de la memoria a una memoria ejemplar Formiga, Paola Alejandra Memoria ejemplar Yaa Gyasi Banalización de la memoria Esclavitud Tzvetan Todorov Exemplary memory Yaa Gyasi Banalization of memory Slavery Tzvetan Todorov This paper explores the ways in which Yaa Gyasi’s first novel, Homegoing, imprints an exemplary memory of the history of slavery. The narrative follows seven generations, from the XVIII century to the present, and it constructs an alternative memory of slavery. Gyasi revises the categories of victims and victimizers, problematizes the visibilization of slavery in the USA and Africa, as well as the construction of a memory of this atrocious event in humanity. The novel can be read as a site of memory (Nora) that creates an exemplary memory (Todorov) for the African diaspora in particular, and for the occidental world in general, as it rewrites the history of slavery and completes the interstices emptied by “official history”. El presente trabajo explora los modos en que la ópera prima de Yaa Gyasi, Volver a casa, imprime una memoria ejemplar de la historia de la esclavitud. La narrativa nos conduce desde el siglo XVIII al presente, a través de siete generaciones, nos presenta el devenir de familias cruzadas y traumatizadas por la esclavitud y sus consecuencias, y construye una memoria alternativa de la esclavitud. Gyasi revisa las categorías de víctimas y victimarios, pone en tensión la visibilización de la esclavitud en los Estados Unidos y en África, y la construcción de la memoria de este evento tan atroz en la historia de la humanidad. La novela puede leerse como un lugar de memoria (Nora) que instaura una memoria ejemplar (Todorov) para la diáspora africana en particular, y para el mundo occidental en general, al reescribir la historia de la esclavitud y completar los intersticios que la “historia oficial” ha vaciado. CETYCLI 2023-04-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://badebec.unr.edu.ar/index.php/badebec/article/view/586 Badebec; Vol. 12 Núm. 24 (2023): Marzo (2023); 26-49 1853-9580 spa https://badebec.unr.edu.ar/index.php/badebec/article/view/586/532
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topic Memoria ejemplar
Yaa Gyasi
Banalización de la memoria
Esclavitud
Tzvetan Todorov
Exemplary memory
Yaa Gyasi
Banalization of memory
Slavery
Tzvetan Todorov
spellingShingle Memoria ejemplar
Yaa Gyasi
Banalización de la memoria
Esclavitud
Tzvetan Todorov
Exemplary memory
Yaa Gyasi
Banalization of memory
Slavery
Tzvetan Todorov
Formiga, Paola Alejandra
Homegoing: from the banalization of memory to an exemplary memory
topic_facet Memoria ejemplar
Yaa Gyasi
Banalización de la memoria
Esclavitud
Tzvetan Todorov
Exemplary memory
Yaa Gyasi
Banalization of memory
Slavery
Tzvetan Todorov
author Formiga, Paola Alejandra
author_facet Formiga, Paola Alejandra
author_sort Formiga, Paola Alejandra
title Homegoing: from the banalization of memory to an exemplary memory
title_short Homegoing: from the banalization of memory to an exemplary memory
title_full Homegoing: from the banalization of memory to an exemplary memory
title_fullStr Homegoing: from the banalization of memory to an exemplary memory
title_full_unstemmed Homegoing: from the banalization of memory to an exemplary memory
title_sort homegoing: from the banalization of memory to an exemplary memory
description This paper explores the ways in which Yaa Gyasi’s first novel, Homegoing, imprints an exemplary memory of the history of slavery. The narrative follows seven generations, from the XVIII century to the present, and it constructs an alternative memory of slavery. Gyasi revises the categories of victims and victimizers, problematizes the visibilization of slavery in the USA and Africa, as well as the construction of a memory of this atrocious event in humanity. The novel can be read as a site of memory (Nora) that creates an exemplary memory (Todorov) for the African diaspora in particular, and for the occidental world in general, as it rewrites the history of slavery and completes the interstices emptied by “official history”.
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