Mapping the Post-Colonial Atlantic

Abstract

The collection of essays presented in this volume, the fifth issue of Compendium, provides a literary and cultural mapping of the Atlantic that, through a critical-theoretical post-colonial perspective and a comparative approach, enables us to (re)assess the circulation of texts and cultures within the Atlantic space in the light of unequal power relations that are intrinsic to colonial modernity. Furthermore, the collection highlights the multiple forms of micro- and macro-physical violence underlying contemporary migrations which have always borne the scars of the colonial nature of knowledge and power. This dossiercomprises a series of essays that engage in dialogue with the social sciences, pedagogy, and literary studies, alongside two critical reviews.

Keywords

• Atlantic studies
• postcolonial perspectives
• coloniality
• cultural interactions