Guarding Cultural Memory: Afro-Cuban Women in Literature and the Arts

[...] national identity is deconstructed to problematize race and gender relations in Cuba. [...] Saldaña concludes the poem with a rejection of her surname symbolizing a rejection of the patriarchal discourse and the remembrance of her African history.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Wadabagei 2007, Vol.10 (2), p.105-108
Main Author: Villagómez, Rosita E
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
African history
Artists
Blacks
Collective memory
Comparative analysis
Cuba
Cultural identity
Cultural studies
Intellectuals
Literature
Massacres
Memory
Motion pictures
National identity
Onomastics
Opposite sex relations
Poetry
Political parties
Race
Race relations
Sex role identity
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:[...] national identity is deconstructed to problematize race and gender relations in Cuba. [...] Saldaña concludes the poem with a rejection of her surname symbolizing a rejection of the patriarchal discourse and the remembrance of her African history.
ISSN:1091-5753
2377-6595