African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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409 p., Contents: 1. pt. La comunidad afroporteña -- 2. pt. Disciplinamiento y mundo popular --
3. pt. Una comunidad en conflicto (tirando de las hilachas del folleto de Rolón).
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
311 p., Works by Argentine and Uruguayan specialists in the study of the black population and its impact on cultural formation of the Río de la Plata intertwines. The central idea is to strengthen the dialogue and discussion on issues that were silenced by official cultures for many years.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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287 p, Eexamines how a number of "foundational" Argentine authors—Echeverría, Mármol, Sarmiento, Ingenieros, Lugones, and others—either repressed the Afro-Argentine past or portrayed Afro-Argentines in profoundly racist ways. José Hernández (Martín Fierro) and Borges, in their allegedly sympathetic treatment of Afro-Argentines, were notable exceptions. The book has some appealing aspects. Extensive excerpts from the authors Solomianski examines—including, in Chapter 7, from nineteenth-century black newspapers and writers—give readers a vivid sense of literary representations of blackness in Argentina. And his analysis of Afro-Argentine characters in twentieth-century films, plays (including the patriotic skits presented in public elementary and high schools), and tangos is revealing and suggestive.
