The Changing Face of Afro-Caribbean Cultural Identity: Negrismo and NZgritude
The Changing Face of Afro-Caribbean Cultural Identity: Negrismo and Négritude looks primarily at Negrismo and Négritude, two literary movements that appeared in the Francophone and Hispanic Caribbean as well as in Africa at the beginning of the twentieth century. It draws on speeches and manifestos, and use cultural studies to contextualize ideas. It poses the bases of both movements in the Caribbean and in Africa, and lays out the literary antecedents that influenced or shaped both...
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The Changing Face of Afro-Caribbean Cultural Identity: Negrismo and NZgritude looks primarily at Negrismo and NZgritude through the eyes of the poetry of Nicolas GuillZn, Manuel del Cabral, and PalZs Matos as well as LZopold Senghor, LZon-Gontran Damas, and AimZ CZsaire. The book shows Caribbean cultural identity as a slippery and fluctuating zone.
Introduction1 Searching for Identity: The First Light of Dawn2 Caribbean and African Cultural Labyrinths3 Negrismo and Negritude: Reflection on Two Poetics of Caribbean Identity4 Identity ConflictsConclusionSelected BibliographyIndex
\ Chasqui: Revista De Literature LatinoamericanaMamadou Badiane makes an important contribution not only to Francophone and Hispanophone Studies separately, but also to an emerging field whereby the Caribbean is studied as a whole, in spite of linguistic differences. This text is useful for both generalists and specialists who wish to learn more about the writings born in adjacent islands.\ \ \ \ \ Afro-Hispanic ReviewThe Changing Face of Afro-Caribbean Cultural Identity is an important book that contributes to a better understanding of the Afro-Caribbean cultural identity from an interdisciplinary standpoint.\ \ \ Chasqui: Revista De Literature LatinoamericanaMamadou Badiane makes an important contribution not only to Francophone and Hispanophone Studies separately, but also to an emerging field whereby the Caribbean is studied as a whole, in spite of linguistic differences. This text is useful for both generalists and specialists who wish to learn more about the writings born in adjacent islands.\ \
