Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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Machado de Assis and Female Characterization: The Novels Bucknell University Press 2015 252 pages ISBN 9781611486209 Earl E. Fitz, Professor of Portuguese, Spanish, and Comparative Literature Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt, Tennessee This book examines the nature and function of the main female characters in the nine novels of Machado de Assis. The basic argument is that…
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The Cuban writer Nicolás Guillén has traditionally been considered a poet of mestizaje, a term that, whilst denoting racial mixture, also refers to a homogenizing nationalist discourse that proclaims the harmonious nature of Cuban identity. Yet, many aspects of Guillén’s work enhance black Cuban and Afro-Cuban identities.