DRAMAS DA ESCRAVATURA E O EXOTISMO DO COMÉRCIO NEGREIRO, DO INDIGENATO E DO DARWINISMO SOCIAL NA OBRA DE EMÍLIO SALGARI (PARTE 1)

Abstract

PUBLISHED IN 1896, DRAMAS OF SLAVERY IS THE ONLY NOVEL BY EMILIO SALGARI ABOUT A NOT ISLAMIC SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. WE AIM TO ANALYZE SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIONS OF EMILIO SALGARI’S IMAGINARY: THE ABOLISHMENT OF TRADE OF SLAVES AND SLAVERY AND THE CONSEQUENT PASSAGE OF THE SLAVE TO THE CONDITION OF “INDIGENE”; THE RACIALIZATION OF CULTURES OR RACIAL DETERMINISM AS A LEGITIMATOR OF THE EXPLOITING COLONIALISM; THE PERSISTENT DICHOTOMIC VISION ABOUT THE AFRICAN MAN AS A “GOOD WILD MAN” OR AS A “BAD WILD MAN”; AND FINALLY THE MYTH OF “HYBRIDITY” OR MESTIZAGE.