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Transatlantic Cultures decodes the dynamics of the cultural exchanges that have developed between Europe, Africa, and the Americas since the end of the 18th century. From mathematics to makossa, from Frederick Douglass to Gilberto Gil, from the World's Fairs to the Olympic Games, immerse yourself now in the richness and diversity of the Atlantic worlds.
Featured articles
Elisabeth Nobiling and the German Immigrant Experience in Post-War São Paulo
The career of the German-Brazilian sculptor, ceramist, and engraver Elisabeth Nobiling illuminates the dynamics of cultural integration within Brazil’s modernism. This article explores the context of German immigration and the negotiation of immigrants’ identities in the modernist milieu.
Nina Simone’s Soundscapes of Exile and Return
Analyzing songwriting, performances, and interviews, this essay explores Nina Simone as a transatlantic cultural figure through the themes of protest, exile, and Black womanhood. Tracing Simone’s movements across the Atlantic illuminates enduring questions of race, refuge, and cultural belonging that continue to shape Black diasporic life today.
Les racines parisiennes de l’édition pornographique états-unienne
Jusqu'aux années 1950, Paris est un lieu de refuge et de production d’une littérature rejetée par la censure morale anglo-américaine. Ces œuvres traversent à nouveau l'Atlantique et assurent l'essor du marché du livre pornographique aux États-Unis au cours de la décennie suivante.
