Mayra Santos-Febres crea en La amante de Gardel (2015) a un personaje femenino, Micaela Thorné, q... more Mayra Santos-Febres crea en La amante de Gardel (2015) a un personaje femenino, Micaela Thorné, que actúa como guía, amante, curandera y enfermera de Carlos Gardel en su gira por Puerto Rico en 1935. Posteriormente aparece como investigadora y doctora para aplicar métodos anticonceptivos en la isla. Con ello, se ofrece al lector una nueva perspectiva de la visita de Gardel a la isla y de cómo las mujeres puertorriqueñas fueron usadas en las fases experimentales de la píldora anticonceptiva. La autora intenta paliar algunos de los olvidos y vacíos que existen en la narración histórica del Puerto Rico del siglo XX, así como la transformación tanto de la medicina en Puerto Rico como del papel de las mujeres puertorriqueñas.
Border-Crossing Through Interdisciplinary and Media Studies, 2023
En este artículo se exploran los conflictos de los jóvenes afroeuropeos de España según se presen... more En este artículo se exploran los conflictos de los jóvenes afroeuropeos de España según se presentan en la novela 'Heredarás la tierra' (2015) de Edjanga Divendu Jones Ndjoli. En el artículo se analiza cómo el narrador más joven, sus hermanos y sus primos muestran distintas actitudes e identidades desarrolladas por los afroeuropeos en un país que aún los considera como extranjeros o inmigrantes en general, aunque hayan nacido en España. Otro punto importante que se desarrolla en este estudio es mostrar cómo el autor de esta novela participa en distintas tradiciones literarias tales como la de la literatura ecuatoguineana, la de la literatura española, y la de la literatura afroeuropea, siendo él mismo uno de los pioneros en crear literatura escrita por afroeuropeos nacidos en España. *****Nota: Este artículo ha tardado bastante tiempo en salir, desde que se escribió, por lo que no está actualizado en cuanto a las últimas publicaciones que han aparecido de otros autores afroespañoles.
Recordando y conversando con Georgina Herrera: su persona y poesía., 2022
Homenaje a Georgina Herrera publicado en Pagina 0 / El Post-Antillano
https://elpostantillano.n... more Homenaje a Georgina Herrera publicado en Pagina 0 / El Post-Antillano
Introduction of Special number + Article
In this article, I explain the evolution of the perce... more Introduction of Special number + Article
In this article, I explain the evolution of the perception of the Afro-Aesthetics regarding hair in the Afro-Hispanic diaspora, according to its representation in poetry during the twentieth and twenty first centuries.
https://www.afrohispanicreview.com/39-1
Resumen El propósito de este artículo es usar la poesía de Georgina Herrera para deconstruir la t... more Resumen El propósito de este artículo es usar la poesía de Georgina Herrera para deconstruir la tradición de la santería que considera la religión yoruba como una ramificación del catolicismo y no como una religión universal. Georgina Herrera refleja en sus poemarios África (2006) y Gatos y liebres o libro de las conciliaciones (2010) el nuevo discurso afro-cubano que apuesta por una heterogeneidad religiosa que emerge en Cuba a finales de los años ochenta. Además, la poeta aboga en su poesía por el derecho del liderazgo religioso de la mujer afro-cubana, recuperando las practicas yorubas ortodoxas y el papel activo de las mujeres en sus rituales. Abstract The purpose of this article is to use Georgina Herrera's poetry in order to deconstruct the tradition of santería that considers the Yoruba religion under the wing of Catholicism and not as a universal religion. Georgina Herrera reflects in her books of poems África (2006) and Gatos y liebres o libro de las conciliaciones (2010) the new Afro-Cuban discourse of religious heterogeneity that emerged in Cuba at the end of the eighties. Furthermore, the poet advocates for the right to leadership of Afro-Cuban women recovering the orthodox Yoruba practices and the active role of women in their rituals.
El objetivo de este ensayo es acercarnos a dos obras pictóricas que tratan sobre el tema de la pr... more El objetivo de este ensayo es acercarnos a dos obras pictóricas que tratan sobre el tema de la prostitución en Cuba: El día de la independencia (1998), de Alexis Esquivel Bermúdez, y Tropicalísima (2006), de Elio Rodríguez Valdés. La intención de este ensayo es mostrar dos ejemplos artísticos de cómo se responde a la imaginería sexista y racista que se proyecta hacia el extranjero en el sector turístico cubano y cómo los actores afrocubanos que participan en esta industria son tanto víctimas como, en muchos casos, victimarios y endorracistas, al someterse y aceptar este imaginario. El ensayo comienza con una introducción histórica al problema de la prostitución en Cuba seguida de una explicación y análisis de las dos obras elegidas, para acabar con una reflexión final, a modo de conclusión. En esta última reflexión se comparan los elementos comunes de las dos obras pictóricas, puesto que ambas tienen como motivo central a una mujer mulata ofrecida a los turistas y como motivo secundario a hombres negros con distintas funciones.
La conciencia del endorracismo y el cuerpo social en Negro: este color que me queda bonito de Ben... more La conciencia del endorracismo y el cuerpo social en Negro: este color que me queda bonito de Benito Massó
La conciencia del endorracismo y el cuerpo social en Negro: este color que me queda bonito de Benito Massó
Abstract: The psycologist and writer Benito Massó (1937-2017) is the author of two recent books about Afro-Puerto Rican experience and history: Negro: este color que me queda bonito (2013), Massó’s self-ethnobiography in which he narrates his experiences as a black man; and Rebelde: la historia de Juana Agripina (2016), a novel which recreates the true story of the rebel Juana Agripina, a slave from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Benito Massó died in March of 2017. This essay analyzes the voice of the author of Negro: este color que me queda bonito exploring two concepts: “endorracism” and “social flesh”. While the first refers to ‘self-hatred’ regarding one’s own race, the second is a theoretical concept created by Chris Beasley y Carol Bacchi to explore the interrelations and codependency of every member of a community, taking into consideration differences of gender, age, race, and class, among others.
Intersectionalities/Interconnections/Liminalities
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 33rd ANNUAL INTERDISCI... more Intersectionalities/Interconnections/Liminalities
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 33rd ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE IN THE HUMANITIES The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the College of Arts and Humanities, and the University of West Georgia (UWG) invite you to celebrate the 33nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities, October 25-27, 2018. We welcome submissions from across the Humanities, Fine Arts, and the Social and Natural Sciences, dealing with INTERSECTIONALITIES/INTERCONNECTIONS/LIMINALITIES and the many relations and intersections between them. Papers, exhibits, performances and screenings may be submitted by scholars, graduate students, writers, artists, and performers.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Juanamaría Cordones-Cook Professor Juanamaría Cordones-Cook is the University of Missouri Curators’ Distinguished Professor, the Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of Romance Languages and a member of the Academy of Letters of Uruguay. Her scholarship includes contemporary Spanish American literature, theater, and visual arts with a focus on Afro-Hispanic writers and artists. Along with an extensive publication record of journal articles and award-winning books, Cordones-Cook’s research also incorporates image, sound, and movement, having produced and directed oral histories and documentaries. An Emmy nominated filmmaker, Professor Cordones-Cook has built a panoramic compendium and archive of Havana’s Black Renaissance with over twenty documentaries on artists and writers of the African Diaspora with emphasis on Cuba.
We encourage presentations about Intersectionalities/Interconnections/Liminalities on topics including, but not limited to:
• Africana and Indigenous Studies • Literary studies of all periods, places, and times • African, Maghrib and Saharan Studies • Haitian studies • Filmography • Afro-Hispanic Studies • Opposing concepts such as: war/peace; love/hate; local/global; citizens/immigrants; etc. • Gender and Sexuality Studies • Imperialism and the Natural Sciences • Cultural studies • Migration, immigration and globalization • Feminism, queer and postcolonial theory • Linguistics, language and bilingualism • Eco-criticism • Memory, memorials, and commemoration • Study abroad • Anthropology • Geography and cartography • History, historiography, and historical revisions • The visual arts, including film studies, photography and graphic design • Environmental Studies and Urban Studies • Health and travel concerns • Theatre, scenes and landscapes • Philosophy • Myths and mythology • Music, including musical history and theory • Economics, including commerce, marketing and trade
We especially welcome presentations about Haitian Studies to honor Dr. Flore Zephir. Dr. Albert Valdman, Director of the IU Creole Institute, will participate in this important recognition.
For individual proposals please submit a one-page, double-spaced abstract to Dr. Ana Zapata-Calle at azapata@westga.edu. Include the presenter’s name, institution, email address, phone number, and any audio-visual or technical requirements for the presentation on a separate page. Papers in French, German and Spanish are welcomed as part of a pre-organized panel. Submissions for panels of 3-4 presenters are especially welcome. For panel proposals please submit the panel title, abstracts, and contact information for all speakers and for the panel moderator. Proposals are due by May 15th, 2018.
Organizing committee: Dr. Ana Zapata-Calle (University of West Georgia) Dr. Tomaz Cunningham (Jackson State University) Dr. Kyle Lawton (University of West Georgia)
2018 registration fees: • All UWG faculty and All graduate students: $65 • Faculty, scholars, and other participants: $110
Chasqui-revista De Literatura Latinoamericana, 2018
Tropicalization has been used in America to show how a dominant culture, whether American or Euro... more Tropicalization has been used in America to show how a dominant culture, whether American or European, creates manipulated and stereotyped images of its subaltern groups in relation to their ideology in terms of race, ethnicity, class or sexuality. One of these groups is the Afro-Hispanic people. In this sense, it is very common in popular culture to hear ideas such as that the mulatto woman is very sensual and provocative. It is also common to hear lewd comments about the bodies of mulatto or black people in a derisive way, while people laugh without questioning the violence behind such images and stereotypes. But how does a black or mulatto woman react when she hears these comments? In this essay different poetic strategies assumed by the Afro-Cuban writer Excilia Saldana in her two autobiographical poems "Monologue of the wife" 1 (1985) and "My name (family antielegy)" (1991) are exposed to face the stereotypes that have been created about Cuban black women, e...
En este ensayo se exponen distintas estrategias asumidas por dos tipos de arte audiovisual: el q... more En este ensayo se exponen distintas estrategias asumidas por dos tipos de arte audiovisual: el que lleva a cabo la fotógrafa, pintora y escultora afro-cubana María Magdalena Campos-Pons y un mural realizado en las calles de Santurce, Puerto Rico, por el Colectivo Moriviví. Ambas obras crean un discurso de resistencia frente a la tropicalización de las mujeres negras en general, usando para ello experiencias autobiográficas y colectivas que les permiten crear un arte visual contestatario.
Para acceder al artículo pueden hacer clic en el siguiente enlace:
En este análisis se toman algunos poemas de los poemarios Gatos y liebres o libro de las concilia... more En este análisis se toman algunos poemas de los poemarios Gatos y liebres o libro de las conciliaciones (2010) y de África (2006), para exponer cómo Georgina Herrera encuentra en la espiritualidad su refugio, participando en la creación de un nuevo discurso religioso desincretizador que surge en Cuba desde finales de los años ochenta y que se sigue reivindicando en el presente en sus diferentes fases. Así, el artículo se divide en dos partes. Con poemas tomados de Gatos y liebres se presenta el discurso desincretizador inicial y con el poemario África, se aboga por una reivindicación womanista en torno a cuestiones espirituales, donde se analiza la opresión simultánea de género y raza dentro de la propia Regla de Ocha y donde se propone un nuevo orden femenino no excluyente que vuelva espiritualmente al orden original africano.
Mayra Santos-Febres crea en La amante de Gardel (2015) a un personaje femenino, Micaela Thorné, q... more Mayra Santos-Febres crea en La amante de Gardel (2015) a un personaje femenino, Micaela Thorné, que actúa como guía, amante, curandera y enfermera de Carlos Gardel en su gira por Puerto Rico en 1935. Posteriormente aparece como investigadora y doctora para aplicar métodos anticonceptivos en la isla. Con ello, se ofrece al lector una nueva perspectiva de la visita de Gardel a la isla y de cómo las mujeres puertorriqueñas fueron usadas en las fases experimentales de la píldora anticonceptiva. La autora intenta paliar algunos de los olvidos y vacíos que existen en la narración histórica del Puerto Rico del siglo XX, así como la transformación tanto de la medicina en Puerto Rico como del papel de las mujeres puertorriqueñas.
Border-Crossing Through Interdisciplinary and Media Studies, 2023
En este artículo se exploran los conflictos de los jóvenes afroeuropeos de España según se presen... more En este artículo se exploran los conflictos de los jóvenes afroeuropeos de España según se presentan en la novela 'Heredarás la tierra' (2015) de Edjanga Divendu Jones Ndjoli. En el artículo se analiza cómo el narrador más joven, sus hermanos y sus primos muestran distintas actitudes e identidades desarrolladas por los afroeuropeos en un país que aún los considera como extranjeros o inmigrantes en general, aunque hayan nacido en España. Otro punto importante que se desarrolla en este estudio es mostrar cómo el autor de esta novela participa en distintas tradiciones literarias tales como la de la literatura ecuatoguineana, la de la literatura española, y la de la literatura afroeuropea, siendo él mismo uno de los pioneros en crear literatura escrita por afroeuropeos nacidos en España. *****Nota: Este artículo ha tardado bastante tiempo en salir, desde que se escribió, por lo que no está actualizado en cuanto a las últimas publicaciones que han aparecido de otros autores afroespañoles.
Recordando y conversando con Georgina Herrera: su persona y poesía., 2022
Homenaje a Georgina Herrera publicado en Pagina 0 / El Post-Antillano
https://elpostantillano.n... more Homenaje a Georgina Herrera publicado en Pagina 0 / El Post-Antillano
Introduction of Special number + Article
In this article, I explain the evolution of the perce... more Introduction of Special number + Article
In this article, I explain the evolution of the perception of the Afro-Aesthetics regarding hair in the Afro-Hispanic diaspora, according to its representation in poetry during the twentieth and twenty first centuries.
https://www.afrohispanicreview.com/39-1
Resumen El propósito de este artículo es usar la poesía de Georgina Herrera para deconstruir la t... more Resumen El propósito de este artículo es usar la poesía de Georgina Herrera para deconstruir la tradición de la santería que considera la religión yoruba como una ramificación del catolicismo y no como una religión universal. Georgina Herrera refleja en sus poemarios África (2006) y Gatos y liebres o libro de las conciliaciones (2010) el nuevo discurso afro-cubano que apuesta por una heterogeneidad religiosa que emerge en Cuba a finales de los años ochenta. Además, la poeta aboga en su poesía por el derecho del liderazgo religioso de la mujer afro-cubana, recuperando las practicas yorubas ortodoxas y el papel activo de las mujeres en sus rituales. Abstract The purpose of this article is to use Georgina Herrera's poetry in order to deconstruct the tradition of santería that considers the Yoruba religion under the wing of Catholicism and not as a universal religion. Georgina Herrera reflects in her books of poems África (2006) and Gatos y liebres o libro de las conciliaciones (2010) the new Afro-Cuban discourse of religious heterogeneity that emerged in Cuba at the end of the eighties. Furthermore, the poet advocates for the right to leadership of Afro-Cuban women recovering the orthodox Yoruba practices and the active role of women in their rituals.
El objetivo de este ensayo es acercarnos a dos obras pictóricas que tratan sobre el tema de la pr... more El objetivo de este ensayo es acercarnos a dos obras pictóricas que tratan sobre el tema de la prostitución en Cuba: El día de la independencia (1998), de Alexis Esquivel Bermúdez, y Tropicalísima (2006), de Elio Rodríguez Valdés. La intención de este ensayo es mostrar dos ejemplos artísticos de cómo se responde a la imaginería sexista y racista que se proyecta hacia el extranjero en el sector turístico cubano y cómo los actores afrocubanos que participan en esta industria son tanto víctimas como, en muchos casos, victimarios y endorracistas, al someterse y aceptar este imaginario. El ensayo comienza con una introducción histórica al problema de la prostitución en Cuba seguida de una explicación y análisis de las dos obras elegidas, para acabar con una reflexión final, a modo de conclusión. En esta última reflexión se comparan los elementos comunes de las dos obras pictóricas, puesto que ambas tienen como motivo central a una mujer mulata ofrecida a los turistas y como motivo secundario a hombres negros con distintas funciones.
La conciencia del endorracismo y el cuerpo social en Negro: este color que me queda bonito de Ben... more La conciencia del endorracismo y el cuerpo social en Negro: este color que me queda bonito de Benito Massó
La conciencia del endorracismo y el cuerpo social en Negro: este color que me queda bonito de Benito Massó
Abstract: The psycologist and writer Benito Massó (1937-2017) is the author of two recent books about Afro-Puerto Rican experience and history: Negro: este color que me queda bonito (2013), Massó’s self-ethnobiography in which he narrates his experiences as a black man; and Rebelde: la historia de Juana Agripina (2016), a novel which recreates the true story of the rebel Juana Agripina, a slave from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Benito Massó died in March of 2017. This essay analyzes the voice of the author of Negro: este color que me queda bonito exploring two concepts: “endorracism” and “social flesh”. While the first refers to ‘self-hatred’ regarding one’s own race, the second is a theoretical concept created by Chris Beasley y Carol Bacchi to explore the interrelations and codependency of every member of a community, taking into consideration differences of gender, age, race, and class, among others.
Intersectionalities/Interconnections/Liminalities
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 33rd ANNUAL INTERDISCI... more Intersectionalities/Interconnections/Liminalities
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 33rd ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE IN THE HUMANITIES The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the College of Arts and Humanities, and the University of West Georgia (UWG) invite you to celebrate the 33nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities, October 25-27, 2018. We welcome submissions from across the Humanities, Fine Arts, and the Social and Natural Sciences, dealing with INTERSECTIONALITIES/INTERCONNECTIONS/LIMINALITIES and the many relations and intersections between them. Papers, exhibits, performances and screenings may be submitted by scholars, graduate students, writers, artists, and performers.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Juanamaría Cordones-Cook Professor Juanamaría Cordones-Cook is the University of Missouri Curators’ Distinguished Professor, the Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of Romance Languages and a member of the Academy of Letters of Uruguay. Her scholarship includes contemporary Spanish American literature, theater, and visual arts with a focus on Afro-Hispanic writers and artists. Along with an extensive publication record of journal articles and award-winning books, Cordones-Cook’s research also incorporates image, sound, and movement, having produced and directed oral histories and documentaries. An Emmy nominated filmmaker, Professor Cordones-Cook has built a panoramic compendium and archive of Havana’s Black Renaissance with over twenty documentaries on artists and writers of the African Diaspora with emphasis on Cuba.
We encourage presentations about Intersectionalities/Interconnections/Liminalities on topics including, but not limited to:
• Africana and Indigenous Studies • Literary studies of all periods, places, and times • African, Maghrib and Saharan Studies • Haitian studies • Filmography • Afro-Hispanic Studies • Opposing concepts such as: war/peace; love/hate; local/global; citizens/immigrants; etc. • Gender and Sexuality Studies • Imperialism and the Natural Sciences • Cultural studies • Migration, immigration and globalization • Feminism, queer and postcolonial theory • Linguistics, language and bilingualism • Eco-criticism • Memory, memorials, and commemoration • Study abroad • Anthropology • Geography and cartography • History, historiography, and historical revisions • The visual arts, including film studies, photography and graphic design • Environmental Studies and Urban Studies • Health and travel concerns • Theatre, scenes and landscapes • Philosophy • Myths and mythology • Music, including musical history and theory • Economics, including commerce, marketing and trade
We especially welcome presentations about Haitian Studies to honor Dr. Flore Zephir. Dr. Albert Valdman, Director of the IU Creole Institute, will participate in this important recognition.
For individual proposals please submit a one-page, double-spaced abstract to Dr. Ana Zapata-Calle at azapata@westga.edu. Include the presenter’s name, institution, email address, phone number, and any audio-visual or technical requirements for the presentation on a separate page. Papers in French, German and Spanish are welcomed as part of a pre-organized panel. Submissions for panels of 3-4 presenters are especially welcome. For panel proposals please submit the panel title, abstracts, and contact information for all speakers and for the panel moderator. Proposals are due by May 15th, 2018.
Organizing committee: Dr. Ana Zapata-Calle (University of West Georgia) Dr. Tomaz Cunningham (Jackson State University) Dr. Kyle Lawton (University of West Georgia)
2018 registration fees: • All UWG faculty and All graduate students: $65 • Faculty, scholars, and other participants: $110
Chasqui-revista De Literatura Latinoamericana, 2018
Tropicalization has been used in America to show how a dominant culture, whether American or Euro... more Tropicalization has been used in America to show how a dominant culture, whether American or European, creates manipulated and stereotyped images of its subaltern groups in relation to their ideology in terms of race, ethnicity, class or sexuality. One of these groups is the Afro-Hispanic people. In this sense, it is very common in popular culture to hear ideas such as that the mulatto woman is very sensual and provocative. It is also common to hear lewd comments about the bodies of mulatto or black people in a derisive way, while people laugh without questioning the violence behind such images and stereotypes. But how does a black or mulatto woman react when she hears these comments? In this essay different poetic strategies assumed by the Afro-Cuban writer Excilia Saldana in her two autobiographical poems "Monologue of the wife" 1 (1985) and "My name (family antielegy)" (1991) are exposed to face the stereotypes that have been created about Cuban black women, e...
En este ensayo se exponen distintas estrategias asumidas por dos tipos de arte audiovisual: el q... more En este ensayo se exponen distintas estrategias asumidas por dos tipos de arte audiovisual: el que lleva a cabo la fotógrafa, pintora y escultora afro-cubana María Magdalena Campos-Pons y un mural realizado en las calles de Santurce, Puerto Rico, por el Colectivo Moriviví. Ambas obras crean un discurso de resistencia frente a la tropicalización de las mujeres negras en general, usando para ello experiencias autobiográficas y colectivas que les permiten crear un arte visual contestatario.
Para acceder al artículo pueden hacer clic en el siguiente enlace:
En este análisis se toman algunos poemas de los poemarios Gatos y liebres o libro de las concilia... more En este análisis se toman algunos poemas de los poemarios Gatos y liebres o libro de las conciliaciones (2010) y de África (2006), para exponer cómo Georgina Herrera encuentra en la espiritualidad su refugio, participando en la creación de un nuevo discurso religioso desincretizador que surge en Cuba desde finales de los años ochenta y que se sigue reivindicando en el presente en sus diferentes fases. Así, el artículo se divide en dos partes. Con poemas tomados de Gatos y liebres se presenta el discurso desincretizador inicial y con el poemario África, se aboga por una reivindicación womanista en torno a cuestiones espirituales, donde se analiza la opresión simultánea de género y raza dentro de la propia Regla de Ocha y donde se propone un nuevo orden femenino no excluyente que vuelva espiritualmente al orden original africano.
Paula Sanmartín. Black Women as Custodians of History: Unsung Rebel (M)Others in African American... more Paula Sanmartín. Black Women as Custodians of History: Unsung Rebel (M)Others in African American and Afro-Cuban Women's Writing. Amherst, NY: Cambria Press, 2014. 352 pp.
Reviewed by Ana Zapata-Calle, University of West Georgia
Este libro explora la obra poética de la escritora cubana Nancy Morejón desde sus primeras creaci... more Este libro explora la obra poética de la escritora cubana Nancy Morejón desde sus primeras creaciones, publicadas en los años sesenta, hasta su poemario más reciente: "Madrigal para un príncipe negro" (2020), dedicado a George Floyd. En el análisis de las composiciones, producidas en las distintas décadas de su vida profesional, se abordan temas diversos que comparten dos ejes fundamentales y recurrentes: la lucha por el desarrollo de la intelectualidad de la mujer negra cubana y el compromiso de la autora con la justicia social. El objetivo de este trabajo ha sido demostrar cómo Morejón ha usado su poesía como plataforma poética y política, al crear un género híbrido en el que ha mezclado la poesía clásica tradicional con el género testimonial para dejar constancia de realidades sociales a nivel local, nacional e internacional que conectan directamente con el womanismo o feminismo negro estadounidense.
Queridos amigos. Aquí les presento un número especial de la revista Afro-Hispanic Review Journal ... more Queridos amigos. Aquí les presento un número especial de la revista Afro-Hispanic Review Journal en el que he trabajado como editora invitada. I invite you to read this issue of the Afro-Hispanic Review Journal. Besides being the organizer and the Guest Editor of the Special Issue about "The Afro-Aesthetic(s) and the Question of Hair", I wrote the introduction and one of the articles titled “Negación, reconocimiento y celebración: la estética del pelo afro en la poesía afrohispana en tres fases.” In this article, I explain the evolution of the perception of the Afro-Aesthetics regarding hair in the Afro-Hispanic diaspora, according to its representation in poetry during the twentieth and twenty first centuries. As an editor, I had the opportunity and the pleasure to work with many friends and to make new ones in the process. You can access the index here: https://www.afrohispanicreview.com/39-1
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In this article, I explain the evolution of the perception of the Afro-Aesthetics regarding hair in the Afro-Hispanic diaspora, according to its representation in poetry during the twentieth and twenty first centuries.
https://www.afrohispanicreview.com/39-1
La conciencia del endorracismo y el cuerpo social en Negro: este color que me queda bonito de Benito Massó
Abstract: The psycologist and writer Benito Massó (1937-2017) is the author of two recent books about Afro-Puerto Rican experience and history: Negro: este color que me queda bonito (2013), Massó’s self-ethnobiography in which he narrates his experiences as a black man; and Rebelde: la historia de Juana Agripina (2016), a novel which recreates the true story of the rebel Juana Agripina, a slave from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Benito Massó died in March of 2017.
This essay analyzes the voice of the author of Negro: este color que me queda bonito exploring two concepts: “endorracism” and “social flesh”. While the first refers to ‘self-hatred’ regarding one’s own race, the second is a theoretical concept created by Chris Beasley y Carol Bacchi to explore the interrelations and codependency of every member of a community, taking into consideration differences of gender, age, race, and class, among others.
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 33rd ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE IN THE HUMANITIES
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the College of Arts and Humanities, and the University of West Georgia (UWG) invite you to celebrate the 33nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities, October 25-27, 2018. We welcome submissions from across the Humanities, Fine Arts, and the Social and Natural Sciences, dealing with INTERSECTIONALITIES/INTERCONNECTIONS/LIMINALITIES and the many relations and intersections between them. Papers, exhibits, performances and screenings may be submitted by scholars, graduate students, writers, artists, and performers.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Juanamaría Cordones-Cook
Professor Juanamaría Cordones-Cook is the University of Missouri Curators’ Distinguished Professor, the Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of Romance Languages and a member of the Academy of Letters of Uruguay. Her scholarship includes contemporary Spanish American literature, theater, and visual arts with a focus on Afro-Hispanic writers and artists. Along with an extensive publication record of journal articles and award-winning books, Cordones-Cook’s research also incorporates image, sound, and movement, having produced and directed oral histories and documentaries. An Emmy nominated filmmaker, Professor Cordones-Cook has built a panoramic compendium and archive of Havana’s Black Renaissance with over twenty documentaries on artists and writers of the African Diaspora with emphasis on Cuba.
We encourage presentations about Intersectionalities/Interconnections/Liminalities on topics including, but not limited to:
• Africana and Indigenous Studies
• Literary studies of all periods, places, and times
• African, Maghrib and Saharan Studies
• Haitian studies
• Filmography
• Afro-Hispanic Studies
• Opposing concepts such as: war/peace; love/hate; local/global; citizens/immigrants; etc.
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Imperialism and the Natural Sciences
• Cultural studies
• Migration, immigration and globalization
• Feminism, queer and postcolonial theory
• Linguistics, language and bilingualism
• Eco-criticism
• Memory, memorials, and commemoration
• Study abroad
• Anthropology
• Geography and cartography
• History, historiography, and historical revisions
• The visual arts, including film studies, photography and graphic design
• Environmental Studies and Urban Studies
• Health and travel concerns
• Theatre, scenes and landscapes
• Philosophy
• Myths and mythology
• Music, including musical history and theory
• Economics, including commerce, marketing and trade
We especially welcome presentations about Haitian Studies to honor Dr. Flore Zephir. Dr. Albert Valdman, Director of the IU Creole Institute, will participate in this important recognition.
For individual proposals please submit a one-page, double-spaced abstract to Dr. Ana Zapata-Calle at azapata@westga.edu. Include the presenter’s name, institution, email address, phone number, and any audio-visual or technical requirements for the presentation on a separate page. Papers in French, German and Spanish are welcomed as part of a pre-organized panel.
Submissions for panels of 3-4 presenters are especially welcome. For panel proposals please submit the panel title, abstracts, and contact information for all speakers and for the panel moderator. Proposals are due by May 15th, 2018.
Organizing committee:
Dr. Ana Zapata-Calle (University of West Georgia)
Dr. Tomaz Cunningham (Jackson State University)
Dr. Kyle Lawton (University of West Georgia)
2018 registration fees:
• All UWG faculty and All graduate students: $65
• Faculty, scholars, and other participants: $110
https://www.westga.edu/academics/coah/foreign-languages-and-literatures/31_conference.php
Para acceder al artículo pueden hacer clic en el siguiente enlace:
https://issuu.com/revistaicp/docs/revista_del_icp_tercera_serie_num._
*****Nota: Este artículo ha tardado bastante tiempo en salir, desde que se escribió, por lo que no está actualizado en cuanto a las últimas publicaciones que han aparecido de otros autores afroespañoles.
https://elpostantillano.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30068%3Arecordando-y-conversando-con-georgina-herrera-su-persona-y-poesia&catid=311&Itemid=1021&fbclid=IwAR18Gz7fZEcJP618rrdl8BxxZWzW88m34jsKVygVg1YaiOK7jwKFrdVat_s
In this article, I explain the evolution of the perception of the Afro-Aesthetics regarding hair in the Afro-Hispanic diaspora, according to its representation in poetry during the twentieth and twenty first centuries.
https://www.afrohispanicreview.com/39-1
La conciencia del endorracismo y el cuerpo social en Negro: este color que me queda bonito de Benito Massó
Abstract: The psycologist and writer Benito Massó (1937-2017) is the author of two recent books about Afro-Puerto Rican experience and history: Negro: este color que me queda bonito (2013), Massó’s self-ethnobiography in which he narrates his experiences as a black man; and Rebelde: la historia de Juana Agripina (2016), a novel which recreates the true story of the rebel Juana Agripina, a slave from Ponce, Puerto Rico. Benito Massó died in March of 2017.
This essay analyzes the voice of the author of Negro: este color que me queda bonito exploring two concepts: “endorracism” and “social flesh”. While the first refers to ‘self-hatred’ regarding one’s own race, the second is a theoretical concept created by Chris Beasley y Carol Bacchi to explore the interrelations and codependency of every member of a community, taking into consideration differences of gender, age, race, and class, among others.
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 33rd ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE IN THE HUMANITIES
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, the College of Arts and Humanities, and the University of West Georgia (UWG) invite you to celebrate the 33nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities, October 25-27, 2018. We welcome submissions from across the Humanities, Fine Arts, and the Social and Natural Sciences, dealing with INTERSECTIONALITIES/INTERCONNECTIONS/LIMINALITIES and the many relations and intersections between them. Papers, exhibits, performances and screenings may be submitted by scholars, graduate students, writers, artists, and performers.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Juanamaría Cordones-Cook
Professor Juanamaría Cordones-Cook is the University of Missouri Curators’ Distinguished Professor, the Catherine Paine Middlebush Professor of Romance Languages and a member of the Academy of Letters of Uruguay. Her scholarship includes contemporary Spanish American literature, theater, and visual arts with a focus on Afro-Hispanic writers and artists. Along with an extensive publication record of journal articles and award-winning books, Cordones-Cook’s research also incorporates image, sound, and movement, having produced and directed oral histories and documentaries. An Emmy nominated filmmaker, Professor Cordones-Cook has built a panoramic compendium and archive of Havana’s Black Renaissance with over twenty documentaries on artists and writers of the African Diaspora with emphasis on Cuba.
We encourage presentations about Intersectionalities/Interconnections/Liminalities on topics including, but not limited to:
• Africana and Indigenous Studies
• Literary studies of all periods, places, and times
• African, Maghrib and Saharan Studies
• Haitian studies
• Filmography
• Afro-Hispanic Studies
• Opposing concepts such as: war/peace; love/hate; local/global; citizens/immigrants; etc.
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Imperialism and the Natural Sciences
• Cultural studies
• Migration, immigration and globalization
• Feminism, queer and postcolonial theory
• Linguistics, language and bilingualism
• Eco-criticism
• Memory, memorials, and commemoration
• Study abroad
• Anthropology
• Geography and cartography
• History, historiography, and historical revisions
• The visual arts, including film studies, photography and graphic design
• Environmental Studies and Urban Studies
• Health and travel concerns
• Theatre, scenes and landscapes
• Philosophy
• Myths and mythology
• Music, including musical history and theory
• Economics, including commerce, marketing and trade
We especially welcome presentations about Haitian Studies to honor Dr. Flore Zephir. Dr. Albert Valdman, Director of the IU Creole Institute, will participate in this important recognition.
For individual proposals please submit a one-page, double-spaced abstract to Dr. Ana Zapata-Calle at azapata@westga.edu. Include the presenter’s name, institution, email address, phone number, and any audio-visual or technical requirements for the presentation on a separate page. Papers in French, German and Spanish are welcomed as part of a pre-organized panel.
Submissions for panels of 3-4 presenters are especially welcome. For panel proposals please submit the panel title, abstracts, and contact information for all speakers and for the panel moderator. Proposals are due by May 15th, 2018.
Organizing committee:
Dr. Ana Zapata-Calle (University of West Georgia)
Dr. Tomaz Cunningham (Jackson State University)
Dr. Kyle Lawton (University of West Georgia)
2018 registration fees:
• All UWG faculty and All graduate students: $65
• Faculty, scholars, and other participants: $110
https://www.westga.edu/academics/coah/foreign-languages-and-literatures/31_conference.php
Para acceder al artículo pueden hacer clic en el siguiente enlace:
https://issuu.com/revistaicp/docs/revista_del_icp_tercera_serie_num._
Reviewed by Ana Zapata-Calle, University of West Georgia
https://editorial.us.es/es/detalle-libro/720531/la-poesia-testimonial-womanista-y-transnacional-de-nancy-morejon-de-la-mujer-negra-cubana-a-george-floyd
As an editor, I had the opportunity and the pleasure to work with many friends and to make new ones in the process. You can access the index here:
https://www.afrohispanicreview.com/39-1