Carmen Pereira's Os meus três amores: The voice of militant motherhood in Guinea-Bissau. Issue 3 (January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rothwell, Phillip
• Is Part Of: Journal of romance studies. Volume 19:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 511
• Page End: 525
• Publication Date: 2019-01
• Subjects: Carmen Pereira -- Amílcar Cabral -- women in independence struggle -- Guinea-Bissau -- diaries -- Odete Semedo -- autobiographical fiction; Romance literature -- History and criticism -- Periodicals; 840.09
• DOI: 10.3828/jrs.2019.31
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1473-3536

Abstract

Abstract : In this article, I discuss Os meus três amores by Carmen Pereira. The text subtly reveals her role in overcoming Amílcar Cabral's initial skepticism about the role of women in Guinea-Bissau's revolution. Literary in style, Os meus três amores foregrounds repeated instances of the tension between militancy and motherhood. Its genre-crossing nature – traversing the boundaries between a diary, a memoir, and testimonial with contributions from multiple narrative voices – highlights the complex web of referentiality and authority inherent to autobiographical writing.