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 powerful female cultural
archetypes. In this inventive analysis, Duke proposes three case
studies and a corresponding womanist methodology through which to
study and rediscover these figures. The musical Cuban-Dominican
sisters and former slaves Teodora and Micaela Ginés inspired Aida
Cartagena Portalatin’s epic poem Yania tierra; the Nicaraguan
matriarch of the May Pole, “Miss Lizzie,” figures prominently
in four anthologies from the country’s Bluefields region; and the
iconic palenqueras of Cartagena, Colombia are magnified in the work
of poets María Teresa Ramírez Neiva and Mirian Díaz Pérez. In
elevating these figures and foregrounding these works, Duke
restores and repairs the scholarly record.
General
Imprint: |
Bucknell University Press,U.S.
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2023 |
Firstpublished: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Dawn Duke
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-68448-438-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
|
LSN: |
1-68448-438-3 |
Barcode: |
9781684484386 |
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