Fronteiras perdidas: desafios aos pressupostos (ainda) filológicos dos estudos da cultura pelas diásporas negras em Portugal e na Alemanha

Despite the already at least three decades long dismissal of the conception of modern identities by post-modern and constructivist theory, as well as by postcolonial studies, literary and cultural studies still cling to philological understandings of culture grounded on their respective connection to a language and to national borders. This not only stands in contradiction with theory but is also inadequate to deal with the particular challenges given by black diasporic literature. Based on some examples from Portugal and Germany, this article points out to some of the challenges that must urgently be faced to undo the power biases that the philological perspective still creates.