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The Caribbean imagination as framed within a Dutch historical setting has deep Portuguese-African roots. The Seven Provinces were the first European power, in the first half of the 17th century, to challenge the Iberian countries directly for a share in the slave trade. This book analyzes the philosophy underlying this transoceanic link, when contacts with Africa started to be developed. The ambiguous morality of the ‘air of liberty’ governing the Afro-Portuguese past had its impact on the creole cultures (white, black, Jewish) of the Dutch territories of Suriname and Curaçao. Although this influence is gradually disappearing, it is astonishing to witness the engagement with which writers and visual artists have interpreted this heritage in their different ways. Recent narratives from Angola and Brazil offer an appropriate starting-point for an examination of strategies of self-representation and national consolidation in works by authors from the Dutch Caribbean. In order to reveal this complex historical pattern, the (formerly) Dutch-related port communities are conceived of as cultural agents whose ‘lettered cities’ (Ángel Rama) have engaged in critical dialogue with the heritage of the South Atlantic trade in human lives. Artists and writers discussed include (colonial period): Caspar Barlaeus, David Nassy, Frans Post, and John Gabriel Stedman; (modern period): Frank Martinus Arion, Cola Debrot, Gabriel García Márquez, Albert Helman, Francisco Herrera Luque, Boeli van Leeuwen, Tip Marugg, Alberto Mussa, Pepetela, Julio Perrenal, and Mário Pinto de Andrade.

Creole philology --- Slave trade --- Civilization --- Creole philology. --- Slave trade. --- History. --- African influences. --- Caribbean Area --- Latin America --- Caribbean Area. --- Latin America. --- Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio countries --- Neotropical region --- Neotropics --- New World tropics --- Spanish America --- Caribbean Free Trade Association countries --- Caribbean Region --- Caribbean Sea Region --- West Indies Region --- Africa --- Netherlands Antillean literature (Dutch) --- History and criticism. --- Netherlands Antilles --- Dutch literature --- Netherland Antilles --- Nederlandse Antillen --- Antillas Neerlandesas --- Antillas Holandesas --- Antiya Hulandes --- Antia Hulandes --- Dutch Antilles --- Antiles nêrlandêses --- Niderland Antil adaları --- Kē-tē-kok Antilles --- Нідэрландскія Антыльскія астравы --- Nidėrlandskii︠a︡ Antylʹskii︠a︡ astravy --- Нідэрландскія Антылы --- Nidėrlandskii︠a︡ Antyly --- Holandski Antili --- Antilhez Nederlandat --- Нидерландски Антили --- Niderlandski Antili --- Antilles Neerlandeses --- Nizozemské Antily --- Antilles yr Iseldiroedd --- Nederlandske Antiller --- Niederländische Antillen --- Nižozemske Antile --- Hollandi Antillid --- Ολλανδικές Αντίλλες --- Ollandikes Antilles --- AA. NN. --- Nederlandaj Antiloj --- Holandarren Antillak --- Niđurlendsku Antillurnar --- Antilles néerlandaises --- État fédéral autonome des Antilles néerlandaises --- Fédération des Antilles néerlandaises --- Nederlânske Antillen --- Nizozemski Antili --- Antia Ulandes --- Antillen Belanda --- Antillas Nederlandese --- Hollensku Antillaeyjar --- Hollensku Antillur --- Antille olandesi --- Antille nederlandesi --- Netherlands West Indies --- Windward Islands (Netherlands Antilles) --- AFRIQUE --- PAYS-BAS --- IDENTITE COLLECTIVE --- Identité (psychologie) --- ETUDES POSTCOLONIALES = POST COLONIAL STUDIES --- LITTERATURE ANTILLAISE --- COLONISATION --- COLONIES --- AMERIQUE LATINE --- 20E SIECLE --- Dans la littérature --- HISTOIRE ET CRITIQUE --- Literatur.