Abstract

CHAVES, Rita. Luuanda: the pleasant betrayal. Diacrítica [online]. 2014, vol.28, n.3, pp.51-64. ISSN 0807-8967.

This article approaches Luandino Vieira’s writing, and specially the emblematic case of the short stories in Luuanda (1964), as an example of a committed dialectic exchange between literary representation and lived socio-political experience. Key concepts to structure this reflexion are ‘border’, ‘cultural exchange’ and ‘tradition’, in articulation with political context, the role of literature and the definition of a national project.

Keywords : Luuanda; Luandino; cultural affiliation; colonialism; literary tradition.

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