Searching for photografies of Maputo: representations of urban spaces in the poetry of Luis Carlos Patraquim

Authors

  • Cíntia Machado de Campos Almeida

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35520/mulemba.2015.v7n12a5023

Keywords:

town, poetry, Mozambique, Luis Carlos Patraquim, suburb.

Abstract

The lyrical representations of urban space in the poetry of Mozambican poet Luis Carlos Patraquim. The (re)cartography of hometown before and after independence: from Lourenço  Marques to Maputo. Historical, social and affective memories of the city. The landscape as a subjective place. The suburb as a landscape for memory. 

Published

2015-06-07