The Politics of Race in Panama: Afro-Hispanic and West Indian Literary Discourses of Contention Contributor(s): Watson, Sonja S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 081305401X ISBN-13: 9780813054018 Publisher: University Press of Florida OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Politics |
Dewey: 860.997 |
Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6" W x 9" (0.65 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Delves into the historical convergence of peoples and cultural traditions that both enrich and problematize notions of national belonging, identity, culture, and citizenship."--Antonio D. Tillis, editor of Critical Perspectives on Afro-Latin American Literature "With rich detail and theoretical complexity, Watson reinterprets Panamanian literature, dismantling longstanding nationalist interpretations and linking the country to the Black Atlantic and beyond. An engaging and important contribution to our understanding of Afro-Latin America."--Peter Szok, author of Wolf Tracks: Popular Art and Re-Africanization in Twentieth-Century Panama "Illuminates the deeper discourse of African-descendant identities that runs through Panama and other Central American countries."--Dawn Duke, author of Literary Passion, Ideological Commitment: Toward a Legacy of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian Women Writers This volume tells the story of two cultural groups: Afro-Hispanics, whose ancestors came to Panama as African slaves, and West Indians from the English-speaking countries of Jamaica and Barbados who arrived during the mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries to build the railroad and the Panama Canal.
A volume in the series Latin American and Caribbean Arts and Culture, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |