Abstract
Eckstein (2006) notes that the Atlantic slave trade has continuously haunted the cultural memories of Europe, Africa, and America. In fact, everyone wishes to forget about it. Many of the victims of the African origin tried to run away from the sites that they got traumatized, while those who were enlightened especially, the Westerners preferred to remain unconscious to these upsetting complicity between slavery and enlightenment. In the last few years, many fiction writers have made a decision to venture in re-membering the Black Atlantic.
Highlights
Eckstein (2006) notes that the Atlantic slave trade has continuously haunted the cultural memories of Europe, Africa, and America
Many of the victims of the African origin tried to run away from the sites that they got traumatized, while those who were enlightened especially, the Westerners preferred to remain unconscious to these upsetting complicity between slavery and enlightenment
In the last few years, many fiction writers have made a decision to venture in re-membering the Black Atlantic
Summary
Book Review: Re-membering the Black Atlantic: on the Poetics and Politics of Literary Memory by Lars Eckstein (2006) notes that the Atlantic slave trade has continuously haunted the cultural memories of Europe, Africa, and America. In the last few years, many fiction writers have made a decision to venture in re-membering the Black Atlantic. Keywords – African, Re-Membering, Cultural Memories The main focus of this book is to show how literature performed as a memory.
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