Politics of Identity Formation: Impact Of Jean Paul Sartre's Criticism Of Négritude Philosophy.
This paper undertakes an analysis of Jean Paul Sartre's "Black Orpheus" in context of the Négritude movement to understand its impact on creating a distinct identity for Africa and its diaspora. The extant literature surrounding the subject has raised questions about the impetus for the stirring of...
| Publicado en: | Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 63 - 83 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=152608646&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 152608646 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 2168569X 509M jtl: Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies issn: 2168569X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2021 vid: 21 iid: 1 pid: 65287 pub: Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies artinfo: ui: 152608646 10.17077/2168-569x.1571 ppf: 63 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.1MB tig: atl: Politics of Identity Formation: Impact Of Jean Paul Sartre's Criticism Of Négritude Philosophy. aug: au: Mathur, Ankita affil: Symbiosis International University su: Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 Politicians Content analysis Postcolonialism Eurocentrism sug: subj: Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980 Politicians Content analysis Postcolonialism Eurocentrism keyword: African Identity Diaspora Existentialism Négritude Post-colonialism ab: This paper undertakes an analysis of Jean Paul Sartre's "Black Orpheus" in context of the Négritude movement to understand its impact on creating a distinct identity for Africa and its diaspora. The extant literature surrounding the subject has raised questions about the impetus for the stirring of Négritude; the pre-colonial representation of Africa that the poets and political leaders of the time wanted to revolt against. The movement was not only philosophical but also had literary underpinnings, creating questions about the role and personal vested interests of French-assimilated poets, politicians and thinkers. Criticisms of Négritude are in abundance. However, a gap exists in identifying the central disparities within popular works of literature of the movement, especially the literature that was considered to be the foundation of the movement. One of these was "Black Orpheus", a foreword to Léopold Sédar Senghor's anthology of poems by the most renowned writers of Négritude. This article undertakes a rhetorical criticism, textual analysis and discourse analysis to study Sartre's text. Sartre's work is considered an important contribution, however, contrary to existing research, Sartre's work subverts the paradigm he set out to dispute. He attempts to place Négritude within the larger class struggle in Europe and is on a quest for a concise definition of the movement. Frantz Fanon and Wole Soyinka, other prominent Black thinkers and theorists of the time, dispute Sartre's romantic descriptions of the struggles and history of Africa. Upon further analysis, Senghor's poetry also reveals themes of evoking Africa's traditional mystical past, thus harping on Sartre's sentimental commentary. A culmination of study of these thinkers concludes that "Black Orpheus" falls into the same trap of homogenizing Africa while remaining ignorant of its intellectual capacities and contributions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies is the property of Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies holder: Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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