I'll teach you how to flow
On figuring out Atlantic studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5828992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Boelhower (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-48 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Atlantic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-8810 • E-ISSN: 1740-4649 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1478881042000217160 |
| OpenAlex | W2047745299 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 13 |
Beginning with two exemplary scenes from Shakespeare and Olaudah Equiano, this essay discusses the rise of the circum-Atlantic world as a fundamental order and a critical space that remains centerless and ultimately unstructured. It relies on the figura of the ocean-going ship and the mappemonde as semiotic operators that are instrumental in creating, measuring, and representing Atlantic space. It then explores Edward Said's dialectic of filiation and affiliation by tracing his career-long interest in the "figural" work of Auerbach and Vico, and suggests that the latter's insights in Scienza nuova make him not only Said's contemporary but also Equiano's
Atlantic World · Dialectic · Figuring · Tracing · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philippine History and Culture · Rhetoric and Communication Studies
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,47 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2024 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |