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During the 20th-century, Spaniards and African-Americans shared
significant cultural memories forged by the profound impact that
various artistic and historical events had on each other.
Addressing three crucial periods (the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz
Age, the Spanish Civil War, and Franco's dictatorship), this
collection of essays explores the transnational bond and the
intercultural exchanges between these two communities, using race
as a fundamental critical category. The study of travelogues,
memoirs, documentaries, interviews, press coverage, comics,
literary works, music, and performances by iconic figures such as
Josephine Baker, Langston Hughes, and Ramon Gomez de la Serna, as
well as the experiences of ordinary individuals such as African
American nurse Salaria Kea, invite an examination of the
ambiguities and paradoxes that underlie this relationship: among
them, the questionable and, at times, surprising racial
representations of blacks in Spanish avant-garde texts and in the
press during the years of Franco's dictatorship; African Americans
very unique view of the Spanish Civil War in light of their racial
identity; and the oscillation between fascination and anxiety when
these two communities look at each other.
During the 20th-century, Spaniards and African-Americans shared
significant cultural memories forged by the profound impact that
various artistic and historical events had on each other.
Addressing three crucial periods (the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz
Age, the Spanish Civil War, and Franco's dictatorship), this
collection of essays explores the transnational bond and the
intercultural exchanges between these two communities, using race
as a fundamental critical category. The study of travelogues,
memoirs, documentaries, interviews, press coverage, comics,
literary works, music, and performances by iconic figures such as
Josephine Baker, Langston Hughes, and Ramon Gomez de la Serna, as
well as the experiences of ordinary individuals such as African
American nurse Salaria Kea, invite an examination of the
ambiguities and paradoxes that underlie this relationship: among
them, the questionable and, at times, surprising racial
representations of blacks in Spanish avant-garde texts and in the
press during the years of Franco's dictatorship; African Americans
very unique view of the Spanish Civil War in light of their racial
identity; and the oscillation between fascination and anxiety when
these two communities look at each other.
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