Ebook: Schreiben in Archipelen: Kleine Formen in post-kolonialen Kontexten

Short form literature is highly popular across the world today. In the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and Oceania, they have long held a predominant place. This study uses the example of aphorisms and proverbs to illustrate the diversity of literary, cultural, and ethnographic functions of small literary forms in former French, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies.