RT Journal Article
T1 The legacy of Angélique in late 20th-century Black Canadian drama
A1 Cuder Domínguez, María Pilar
AB This article examines the complex issue of Black heroism throughthe legacy of the figure of the enslaved Portuguese womanAngélique, who set Montreal on fire in 1734. It looks into howlate-20th-century artists have engaged in recuperating this figurethrough the analysis of two specific iterations, the plays of LorenaGale (Angélique, 1999) and George Elliott Clarke (Beatrice Chancy,1999). The article contributes to critical readings to date in arguingthat these texts represent the enslaved subject as agent and not asvictim, in line with recent changes in Black historiography, and thatthey constitute cultural interventions that aim to bring into focusthe still largely unaddressed history of Black enslavement inCanada. Further, it adds a consideration of the plays’ currencynowadays insofar as their plot and characterization stress continuitiesbetween past and present struggles against pervasive forms ofanti-Black violence.
PB Routledge
SN 1744-9855
SN 1744-9863 (electrónico)
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21023
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21023
LA eng
NO Cuder-Domínguez, P. (2021). The legacy of Angélique in late 20th-century Black Canadian drama. In Journal of Postcolonial Writing (pp. 1–13). Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2021.2010793
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026