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Jose Marti, the United States, and Race (Hardcover)
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Jose Marti, the United States, and Race (Hardcover)
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"Essential reading for those who increasingly appreciate the
enormous importance of Marti as one of the nineteenth century's
most influential and most original thinkers."--John Kirk, coeditor
of "Redefining Cuban Foreign Policy" "Fountain's wide-ranging,
keen-eyed, and meticulously researched analysis covers the gamut of
race relations that Marti's work probed."--Esther Allen, translator
of "Jose Marti Selected Writings" "An engaging, comprehensive, and
well-balanced book on Cuba's national hero Jose Marti. Anne
Fountain's chapters on Marti's vision of blacks are an
indispensable source of information for anyone interested in the
topic."--Jorge Camacho, author of "Jose Marti las mascaras del
escritor""" A national hero in Cuba and a champion of independence
across Latin America, Jose Marti produced a body of writing that
has been theorized, criticized, and politicized. However, one of
the most understudied aspects of his work is how his time in the
United States affected what he wrote about race and his attitudes
toward racial politics.
In the United States Marti encountered European immigrants and the
labor politics that accompanied them and became aware of the
hardships experienced by Chinese workers. He read in newspapers and
magazines about the oppression of Native Americans and the
adversity faced by newly freed black citizens. Although he'd first
witnessed the mistreatment of slaves in Cuba, it was in New York
City, near the close of the century, where he penned his famous
essay "My Race," declaring that there was only one race, the human
race.
Anne Fountain argues that it was in the United States that
Marti--confronted by the forces of manifest destiny, the influence
of race in politics, the legacy of slavery, and the plight and
promise of the black Cuban diaspora--fully engaged with the specter
of racism. Examining Marti's complete works with a focus on key
portions, Fountain reveals the evolution of his thinking on the
topic, indicating the significance of his sources, providing a
context for his writing, and offering a structure for his works on
race.
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