Full Description
Through a collection of theoretically engaging and empirically grounded texts, this book examines African-descended populations in Latin America and Afro-Latin@s in the United States in order to explore questions of black identity and representation, transnationalism, and diaspora in the Americas.
Contents
Introduction: Theorizing Afrolatinidades Petra R. Rivera-Rideau, Jennifer A. Jones, and Tianna S. Paschel Part I: Imagining Afrolatinidades Jossianna Arroyo.- 1 The Expediency of Blackness: Racial Logics and Danzón in the Port of Veracruz Hettie Malcomson.- 2 Ni de aquí, ni de allá: Garífuna Subjectivities and the Politics of Diasporic Belonging Paul Joseph López Oro.- 3 The Death of "la Reina de la Salsa": Celia Cruz and the Mythification of the Black Woman Monika Gosin.- 4 "Oye, Que Bien Juegan Los Negros, No?": Blaxicans and Basketball in Mexico Walter Thompson-Hernández.- 5 Photo Essay: Ritmo Negro: Visions of Afro-Latin America Umi Vaughan.- Part II: Rethinking the Archive Nancy Raquel Mirabal.- 6 "Afro-Latin@ Nueva York: Maymie de Mena and the Unsung Afro-Latina Leadership of the UNIA" Melissa Castillo-Garsow.- 7 "Listening to Afro-Latinidad: The Sonic Archive of Olú Clemente" Patricia Herrera.- 8 "Panabay Pride: A Conversation with Los Rakas" PetraR. Rivera-Rideau.- 9 The Afro-Latino Project Walter Thompson-Hernández.- Part III: Diasporic Politics Juliet Hooker.- 10 Translating Negroes into Negros: Rafael Serra's Transamerican Entanglements between Black Cuban Racial and Imperial Subalternity, 1895-1909 José I. Fusté.- 11 The Transnational Circulation of Political References: The Black Brazilian Movement and Anti-Racism Struggles of the Early Twentieth Century Amilcar Araujo Pereira Translated by Aiala Levy.- 12 "Every Day is Black Heritage Month" Yvette Modestín and Tianna S. Paschel.- Afterword: Afro-Latinos and Afro-Latin American Studies Alejandro de la Fuente.
