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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.

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Author:   Petra R. Rivera-Rideau ,  Jennifer A. Jones ,  Tianna S. Paschel
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349934799

ISBN 10:   1349934798
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   26 September 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of 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” Petra R. 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."

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Petra R. Rivera-Rideau is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Virginia Tech, USA and author of Remixing Reggaetón: The Cultural Politics of Race in Puerto Rico.  Jennifer A. Jones is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and a Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, USA.  Tianna S. Paschel is Assistant Professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, USA and author of Becoming Black Political Subjects: Movements and Ethno-Racial Rights in Colombia and Brazil.

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