This work is a study of current migration narratives within the disciplines of Anglophone Postcolonial Literature and Digital Humanities. Global culture, the proliferation and pervasiveness of telecommunication technologies and new media, particularly the Internet, have substantially affected the act of narrating. The replacement of traditional written language as the primary means of conveying narrative and storytelling is a distinctive feature in the examples selected for this research. The four case studies are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah (2013); Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (2017); Warsan Shire’s “Home” (2011, 2016, 2017, 2022) and the narratives produced within the “Refugee Tales” project. These literary and digital projects might well be considered avant-garde manifestos against racism, in favour of gender equality and female empowerment and promoting hospitality towards migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. They all contribute to a redefinition and acknowledgement of the Other.

THE NEW DIGITAL AVANT-GARDE CURRENT POSTCOLONIAL MIGRATION NARRATIVES

FESTA, MARIA
2024-09-10

Abstract

This work is a study of current migration narratives within the disciplines of Anglophone Postcolonial Literature and Digital Humanities. Global culture, the proliferation and pervasiveness of telecommunication technologies and new media, particularly the Internet, have substantially affected the act of narrating. The replacement of traditional written language as the primary means of conveying narrative and storytelling is a distinctive feature in the examples selected for this research. The four case studies are Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah (2013); Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (2017); Warsan Shire’s “Home” (2011, 2016, 2017, 2022) and the narratives produced within the “Refugee Tales” project. These literary and digital projects might well be considered avant-garde manifestos against racism, in favour of gender equality and female empowerment and promoting hospitality towards migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. They all contribute to a redefinition and acknowledgement of the Other.
10-set-2024
Digital Storytelling; Postcolonial Migration Narratives; Racism
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