Poetics of Race in Latin America

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Mabel Moraņa
Anthem Press, 2022 - Art - 203 pages

Poetics of Race constitutes a critically and theoretically innovative analysis of racial and ethnic dynamics in Latin America, and their symbolic - artistic, ideological - representation. The book illustrates the relevance of cultural and racial minorities in different national contexts (particularly in Mexico, Brazil, the Andean region and the Caribbean) through the study of literary, filmic and visual productions that depict otherness, marginalization and popular resistance. The book focuses on negritude, indigenous cultures, andinismo, performance and cinematic discourses in which racial issues are displayed, elaborated and symbolized. The various critical approaches utilized in this volume also contribute to expand methodological horizons in the field while contributing to widening the corpus of literary texts and cultural practices in this area of studies.

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About the author (2022)

Mabel Moraņa is William H Gass Professor of Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. She has published over 20 authored and more than 30 edited volumes on Latin American literature and cultural theory.