Marco Polo Hernáaacutendez Cuevas

African Mexicans and the Discourse on Modern Nation

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Produktbeschreibung

In African Mexicans and the Discourse on Modern Nation, author Marco Polo Hernáaacute;ndez Cuevas explores how the Africaness of Mexican mestizaje was erased from the national memory and identity and how national African ethnic contributions were plagiarized by the criollo elite in modern Mexico.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 184g
• ISBN-13: 9780761828587
• ISBN-10: 0761828583
• Artikelnr.: 21203226

Autorenporträt

Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Emporia State University, Kansas. He holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4
Introduction Chapter 5 The Revolution and Invisibility: African Mexicans
and the Ideology of Mestizaje in La raza cósmica Chapter 6 The Erased
Africaness of Mexican Icons Chapter 7 La vida inútil de Pito Pérez:
Tracking the African Contribution to the Mexican Picaresque Sense of Humor
Chapter 8 Angelitos negros, a Film from the "Golden Age" of Mexican Cinema:
Coding Visibly Black Mestizos By and Through a Far-Reaching Medium Chapter
9 Modern National Discourse and La muerte de Artemio Cruz: The Illusory
"Death" of African Mexican Lineage Chapter 10 Conclusion Chapter 11
Bibliography Chapter 12 Index