Afro-Argentine discourse
Subtitle: another dimension of the Black diaspora
By: Marvin A. Lewis.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Argentine literature -- Black authors -- History and criticism.; Argentine literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism.; Argentine literature -- African influences -- History and criticism.; Argentine literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Argentine literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Description: In Afro-Argentine Discourse, Marvin A. Lewis attempts to write blacks back into the literary history of Argentina by treating in depth, for the first time, the written expression of Argentines of African descent during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Because their contributions are overlooked or minimized in most literary histories, it is often assumed that blacks had little or no part in the development of Argentine literature.

Through original archival research, Lewis corrects this erroneous assumption by examining texts never before made available to the academic community. Afro-Argentine Discourse investigates a new dimension of the black experience in the Americas and will stir much interest and debate regarding the black presence in Argentina.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.