Afro-Latin@s in movement : critical approaches to blackness and transnationalism in the Americas /
Rivera-Rideau, Petra R.,1980-editor.
Jones, Jennifer A.editor.
Paschel, Tianna S.editor.
This book considers how ideas about blackness travel across the Americas via migration, and media, cultural, and political exchanges. It 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. Afro-Latin@s in Movement explores diverse topics—from popular music to sports to political organizing—to consider the ways that blackness is imagined, embodied, and understood across the Americas. .
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
This book considers how ideas about blackness travel across the Americas via migration, and media, cultural, and political exchanges. It 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. Afro-Latin@s in Movement explores diverse topics—from popular music to sports to political organizing—to consider the ways that blackness is imagined, embodied, and understood across the Americas. .
Politics and culture
Black people
Black people
African Americans
South Americans
South Americans