"Figueroa-Vásquez analyzes Afro-Latinx and Afro-Hispanic artists from Equatorial Guinea, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, revealing the thematic, conceptual, and liberatory tools these artists offer when read in relation to one another"--Provided by publisher. "De…
"Figueroa-Vásquez analyzes Afro-Latinx and Afro-Hispanic artists from Equatorial Guinea, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba, revealing the thematic, conceptual, and liberatory tools these artists offer when read in relation to one another"-- "Decolonizing Diasporas p…
Malady and Genius examines the recurring theme of self-sacrifice in Puerto Rican literature during the second half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries. Interpreting these scenes through the works of Frantz Fanon, Kelly Oliver, and Julia Kristeva, Ben…
Malady and Genius examines the recurring theme of self-sacrifice in Puerto Rican literature during the second half of the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first centuries. Interpreting these scenes through the works of Frantz Fanon, Kelly Oliver, and Julia Kristeva, Ben…
Cover -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER II: BUILDING THE NATION: PRODUCTIVE AND REPRODUCTIVE LABOR IN THE FACTORY -- CHAPTER III: RETHINKING LA GRAN FAMILIA PUERTORRIQUEÑA IN THE FAMILY HOUSE -- CHAPTER IV: GENDERING AND QUEERING THE …
This is a critical study of the construction of gendered spaces through feminine labor and capital in Puerto Rican literature and film (1950-2010). It analyzes gendered geographies and forms of emotional labor, and the possibility that they generate within the material and the s…
This is a critical study of the construction of gendered spaces through feminine labor and capital in Puerto Rican literature and film (1950-2010). It analyzes gendered geographies and forms of emotional labor, and the possibility that they generate within the material and the s…