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2. An Interview with Afro-Costa Rican Writer Quince Duncan
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Edison,Thomas Wayne (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Spring 1999
- Published:
- Barbados: University of the West Indies, Department of History
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Afro - Hispanic Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 18(1) : 29-33
- Notes:
- Interviews Afro-Costa Rican writer Quince Duncan. Discusses the lack of critics who are familiar with Black literature in Costa Rica; asks Duncan to compare North American and Latin American criticism of his work, asks Duncan about his latest projects and the direction of his work; and compares Duncan's work with that of Alejo Carpentier and Manuel Zapata Olivella. Also touches upon language usage, the theme of literature of combat, and Duncan's future plans.;
3. Ennobling Savagery? Sentimentalism and the Subaltern in Sab
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Branche,Jerome (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Fall 1998
- Published:
- United States: Vanderbilt University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Afro - Hispanic Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 17(2) : 12-23
- Notes:
- Examines the role of abolitionist and feminist ideals in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's novel Sab. Highlights the power and gender relations in Sab, suggesting that previous interpretations of the novel have not addressed the role of these relations as a function of race relations in the slave colony of Cuba. Discusses the themes of interracial relationships and personal identity.;
4. Re-writing the history of the Afro-Cuban woman: Nancy Morejon's "Mujer Negra"
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Rosegreen-Williams,Claudette (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- spring 2002
- Published:
- United States: Vanderbilt University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Afro - Hispanic Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 21(1/2) : 154-160
- Notes:
- Discusses the poem, Mujer negra (1975), by Caribbean writer Nancy Morejón. Focuses on how the poem departs from the traditional aesthetic and sexual discourses which lead to the mythification and marginalization of black women. Highlights the methods by which the black female persona subverts these established discourses and creates a counter-discourse to re-define herself and her New World experience. Details the ideological underpinnings involved in this process.;
5. The emergence of Afro-Hispanic literature
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Jackson,Richard L. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Spring 2002
- Published:
- United States: Vanderbilt University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Afro - Hispanic Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 21(1/2) : 23-29
- Notes:
- Discusses the emergence of Afro-Hispanic literature over the past 25 years. Details the many social and political factors that have influenced the literary movement. Argues that the emergence of Afro-Hispanic literature is timely in its challenging of traditional views of what is admissible into the literary canon.;
6. The emergence of an Afro-Cuban Aesthetic
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Williams,Lorna V. (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Spring 2002
- Published:
- United States: Vanderbilt University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Afro - Hispanic Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 21(1/2) : 35-43
- Notes:
- Discusses the emergence of an Afro-Cuban aesthetic. Notes the major contributions of Cuban writers Félix Tanco, Antonio Zambrana, Nicolás Guillén, Miguel Barnet, and others to the literary movement. Remarks that these authors give us a view of Latin American history from "below the deck of a slave ship" - a view that is very different from the traditional one.;
7. The politics of aesthetics in the poetry of Nancy Morejón
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Luis,William (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- Spring 2002
- Published:
- United States: Vanderbilt University, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Afro - Hispanic Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 21(1/2) : 1 microfiche
- Notes:
- Discusses the poetry of Afro-Cuban writer Nancy Morejón, focusing on her poetry collection, Paisaje célebre (Fundarte, 1993). Compares the book to her previous work, and discusses the political and social influences that shaped it. Notes that this book marks an important stage in Morejón's poetry, in that it celebrates a new and different country and voice - one of indepedence and freedom.;