Mayaya Rising : Black Female Icons in Latin American and Caribbean Literature and Culture /

"Who are the Black heroines of Latin America and the Caribbean? Where do we turn for models of transcendence among women of African ancestry in the region? In answer to the historical dearth of such exemplars, Mayaya Rising explores and celebrates the work of writers who intentionally center po...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Duke, Dawn, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women, Black, in literature.
Latin American literature > Women authors.
Latin American literature > Black authors.
Civilization > African influences.
Caribbean literature > Women authors.
Caribbean literature > Black authors.
Caribbean literature > Black authors > History and criticism.
Caribbean literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Latin American literature > Black authors > History and criticism.
Latin American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
Latin America.
Caribbean Area.
Caribbean Area > Civilization > African influences.
Latin America > Civilization > African influences.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The fundamentals of glory
  • A Cuban/Dominican case study. Teodora and Micaela Gines: myth or history?
  • The invention of history through poetry: a Dominican initiative
  • A Nicaraguan case study. Tracing the dance steps of a "British" subject: Miss Lizzie's palo de mayo
  • From "Mayaya Las Im Key" to Creole women's writings
  • A Colombian case study. Rituals of alegría and ponchera: the enterprising palenqueras
  • Palenquera writings: a twenty-first Century movement.

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