Maimón, el morito: desde la crítica colonial al humor racista contra el norteafricano en Celia de Elena Fortún.
Abstract
This essay focuses on the analysis of the little Rifain boy Maimon, in the way he is portraited in “Maimón, el morito” in Celia lo que dice (1934) by Elena Fortun, and in the TV adaptation titled Celia that was released in 1993 based on Celia lo que dice and Celia en el colegio. This TV series included six episodes directed by Jose Luis Borau with an adaptation created by Carmen Martin-Gaite.
Two interpretations of this character are developed in this essay. The first one is based on the presentation of Celia’s house and its dynamics as a national allegory of the author’s contemporary times, a way by Elena Fortun to denounce the treatment received by North African colonies from Spain in the first three decades of the twentieth century. The second interpretation focuses on how humor is used against the character Maimon in the TV series in the nineties, a time when there was a negative discourse against the new African immigration arriving to Spain.
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