Sound and decolonization: the enduring resonance of loss in Dulce Maria Cardoso’s novel O Retorno

Authors

  • Isabel A. Ferreira Gould CEC, University of Lisbon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/1982-6850.2019.244666

Keywords:

Dulce Maria Cardoso, listening, loss, decolonization, return

Abstract

Through a close-reading of the 2011 novel O Retorno, written by Portuguesenovelist  Dulce  Maria  Cardoso,  my  article  examines  literary representations  of  aural  practices  at  the  end  of  Portugal's  African  empire. The  focus  on  listening  and on the  enduring  resonance  of  loss  reveals  the complex and protracted process of decolonizing Portuguese identities.

Author Biography

Isabel A. Ferreira Gould, CEC, University of Lisbon

Isabel A. Ferreira Gould holds a Ph.D. in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies from Brown University. She is an independent scholar and a collaborating researcher at the University of Lisbon's Centre for Comparative Studies. She has published articles in scholarly journals and edited volumes on topics such as family, intergenerational memory, genealogical consciousness, war, colonialism, postcolonialism, dictatorship, torture, trauma, travel, and the natural environment in literature. Her current research focuses on listening, ear-witnessing, and aural memories in contemporary literature that revisits colonialism and the transition from dictatorship to democracy in Portugal and on hunting narratives written under and after Portuguese colonial rule in the African continent. She taught at Brown University, Harvard University, University of Notre Dame, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Rhode Island College, and the University of Rhode Island.

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Published

2020-03-26

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Vol. 1 No. 25 (2019): Dossiê Lugares da Escuta e Escritas de Ouvido

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