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Abstract
This article examines Júlio Dinis’s 1867 novel, Uma família inglesa: Cenas da vida do Porto as a commentary on imperial relations between Portugal and its imposing British ally in the nineteenth century, specifically as a response to England’s increasing pressures for the abolition of the Portuguese slave trade. A close reading of the text reveals a commentary in line with mid-century Regenerationist discourses urging for Portugal’s adoption of the basic tenets of British colonialism, including the active suppression of the slave trade, as a means of salvaging Portugal’s international reputation and achieving a place among the economically modern and socially progressive imperial nations. More broadly, Uma família inglesa’s appeals for abolition reflect the imperial worldview of the nineteenth-century Portuguese metropolis by which colonial exploitation and its victims were erased from imperial discourses that focused instead on national sovereignty, international prestige, and economic regeneration.
本文将Júlio迪尼斯1867年的小说《Uma família inglesa: Cenas da vida do Porto》作为对19世纪葡萄牙与其强大的盟友英国之间帝国关系的评论,特别是作为对英国越来越大的压力的回应,要求废除葡萄牙的奴隶贸易。仔细阅读文本,会发现其中的评论与中世纪复兴主义者的话语一致,敦促葡萄牙采纳英国殖民主义的基本原则,包括积极镇压奴隶贸易,以此作为挽救葡萄牙国际声誉的手段,并在经济现代化和社会进步的帝国国家中获得一席之地。更广泛地说,乌玛família inglesa对废奴的呼吁反映了19世纪葡萄牙大都市的帝国世界观,在这种世界观中,殖民剥削及其受害者被从帝国话语中抹去,取而代之的是国家主权、国际声望和经济复兴。
期刊介绍:
Luso-Brazilian Review publishes interdisciplinary scholarship on Portuguese, Brazilian, and Lusophone African cultures, with special emphasis on scholarly works in literature, history, and the social sciences. Each issue of the Luso-Brazilian Review includes articles and book reviews, which may be written in either English or Portuguese.