Afro-Mexican constructions of diaspora, gender, identity and nation /

Ramsay, Paulette,

Afro-Mexican constructions of diaspora, gender, identity and nation / Paulette A. Ramsay. - xix, 204 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.

Foreword / Father Glyn Jemmott Nelson -- Introduction -- Racial and ethnic diversity in Mexico through the distorted lens of Mem�in Pingu�in -- Constructions of gender and nation in selected Afro-Mexican folktales -- Masculinity, language and power in selected Afro-Mexican Corridos -- Place, racial and cultural identities in selected Afro-Mexican oral and lyric verses -- Afro-Mexico in the context of a Caribbean literary and cultural aesthetics -- Conclusion.

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Mexican literature--Black authors--History and criticism.
Arts, Black--Mexico--Costa Chica.
Blacks--Intellectual life.--Mexico
Arts, Black.
Blacks--Intellectual life.


Mexico.
Mexico--Costa Chica.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PQ7134.B57 / R36 2016

860.9/896072

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