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Forum for Modern Language Studies 2008 44(1):76-88; doi:10.1093/fmls/cqm121
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© The Author (2007). Published by Oxford University Press for the Court of the University of St Andrews. All rights reserved

The Mirage of the New World: Eveline Hasler's Ibicaba, das Paradies in den Köpfen

Barbara Burns

Department of German
16 University Gardens
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QL
United Kingdom


  Abstract

Eveline Hasler's historical novel Ibicaba, das Paradies in den Köpfen (1985) concerns the emigration of a group of Swiss citizens to Brazil in 1855. The article considers the author's technique of blending fact and fiction to craft a powerful account of white slavery in the New World, and traces links between Hasler's novel and nineteenth-century literary works by Friedrich Gerstäcker and Amalia Schoppe. Examining Hasler's use of characterisation, theme and leitmotiv, the article probes the manner in which the novel illuminates a dark episode in Swiss history, while also contributing indirectly to the modern political discourse on economic migration, people trafficking and bonded labour.

Key Words: Hasler, Eveline • twentieth-century German literature • women's writing • historical novel • Swiss history • Brazil • economic migration • people trafficking


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