Carlota’s Hum: An Archive Fiction

This archive fiction recounts an insurrection led by Carlota in Cuba. Lázaro E. Cosme’s holds a chapter detailing the legend of Carlota of the Triunvirato sugar mill in the province of Matanzas, Cuba. The author uses these short four pages to guide her fictional retelling of this historical moment....

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Published in:Meridians (Middletown, Conn.) Conn.), 2022-04, Vol.21 (1), p.101-122
Main Authors: Perez, Alana, Fernandez, Pamela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
African American Studies and Black Diaspora
Archives & records
Black people
Chicanx and Latinx Studies
Feminism and Women's Studies
Fiction
Gender And Sexuality
Women
Yoruba language
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Summary:This archive fiction recounts an insurrection led by Carlota in Cuba. Lázaro E. Cosme’s holds a chapter detailing the legend of Carlota of the Triunvirato sugar mill in the province of Matanzas, Cuba. The author uses these short four pages to guide her fictional retelling of this historical moment. Other scenes illuminate the ways Black women of the nineteenth century were deeply connected to the nature surrounding them, emphasizing the unique relationship Black and Brown women have had with the land through natural healing scenes and also referencing nature-based Yoruba and Cuban Santería practices. Additionally, other records of this legend explain that Carlota only had eyes for another enslaved woman, Fermina. Therefore, the author attempts to push queer imaginations of the two women, beyond the Atlantic and onto Caribbean land.
ISSN:1536-6936
1547-8424
DOI:10.1215/15366936-9554090