NARRATIVES OF INTERNATIONALISM IN ANGOLA: MYTHS, &quot;TESTIMONIO&quot;, FICTION

Whitfield, Joey

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Author(s): Joey Whitfield

Publication date (Print): 1 October 2010

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2010

Journal: International Journal of Cuban Studies

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Studies of Cuban internationalism in Angola have been limited to historiography of the engagement. This article examines the interaction between individual narratives and historico-political mythology by looking at testimonios and fiction that deal with the conflict. Two 'top down' testimonios are scrutinised for the different ways they induct the accounts of individuals into the master narrative of internationalism in Angola. The assumption that such narratives are necessarily less 'authentic' than the classic 'subaltern' testimonio is also questioned. It is argued that as the textual correlate of an extraordinary historical phenomenon in which hundreds of thousands opted to risk their lives in Angola, the 'state sponsored' testimonios are significant as a form of 'social action' - a quality prized by the champions of 'subaltern' testimonio. The testimonios are contrasted with Alejandro Álvarez Bernal's 'postmodern' novel Cañón de retrocarga, which, by re-emphasising the coercive power relation involved in the production of testimonio about the Angolan war, also reaffirms the political role of ludic fiction.

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Journal ID (jstor): intejcubastud

Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50005551

Title: International Journal of Cuban Studies

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 17563461

Publication date (Print): 1 October 2010

Publication date (Print): 1 December 2010

Volume: 2

Issue: 3/4

Pages: 231-248

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DOI: 10.2307/41945904

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Milton Díaz Canter's Operación Carlota: pasajes de un epopeya.
Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson Nation and Narration by Homi Bhabha.
Neil Larsen, Determinations.

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[1] Milton Díaz Canter's Operación Carlota: pasajes de un epopeya.

[2] Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson Nation and Narration by Homi Bhabha.

[3] Neil Larsen, Determinations.