The 'air of liberty' : narratives of the South Atlantic past /

Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke.

The 'air of liberty' : narratives of the South Atlantic past / Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger. - Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2008. - 1 online resource (xxii, 224 pages) - Cross/cultures ; 96 . - Cross/cultures ; 96. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-212) and index.

Mauritsstad-Recife in seventeenth-century Brazil -- Amsterdam and the South Atlantic -- The Jewish-Portuguese nation in the colony of Suriname -- The Maroon and the Creole as narrative tropes -- Manuel Piar and the struggle for independence in Latin America -- Popular rhythms and political voices in Curaçao -- New landscapes, Creole belonging -- The South Atlantic revisited.

The Caribbean imagination as framed within a Dutch historical setting has deep Portuguese-African roots. The Seven Provinces were the first European power, in the first half of the 17th century, to challenge the Iberian countries directly for a share in the slave trade. This book analyzes the philosophy underlying this transoceanic link, when contacts with Africa started to be developed. The ambiguous morality of the 'air of liberty' governing the Afro-Portuguese past had its impact on the creole cultures (white, black, Jewish) of the Dutch territories of Suriname and Curaçao. Although this in.

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Creole philology--Caribbean Area.
Creole philology--Latin America.
Slave trade--History.--Caribbean Area
Slave trade--History.--Latin America
Philologie créole--Caraïbes (Région)
Philologie créole--Amérique latine.
Esclaves--Commerce--Histoire.--Caraïbes (Région)
Esclaves--Commerce--Histoire.--Amérique latine
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Creole Languages.
Civilization--African influences.
Creole philology.
Slave trade.


Caribbean Area--Civilization--African influences.
Latin America--Civilization--African influences.
Caribbean Area.
Latin America.


Electronic books.
History.

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