Reading José Martí from the margins / Miguel A. De La Torre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De La Torre, Miguel A., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martí, José, 1853-1895--Criticism and interpretation.

Martí, José.

Martí, José, 1853-1895--Political and social views.

Machismo in literature.

Other (Philosophy) in literature.

Power (Social sciences) in literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 189 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2024]

Summary:

"This book provides a critical assessment of José Martí, relying primarily on his own writings. While Martí is influential in the construction of Cuban socio-philosophical thought, De La Torre explores how he still remains complicit with white Cuban/Spaniard supremacy and how that contributes to the construction of intra-Cuban oppression today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Martí, machos, y maricones: complicity with heteronormativity. Marti's cojones

No seas maricón

Queering Martí

Dying as a macho

Los indios: complicity with appropriation. Effeminizing los indios

Erasing los indios

Becoming the indio

Los negros: complicity with colorblindness. Without sugar there is no Cuba

Effeminizing los negros

A colorblind Martí

Consequences of colorblindness

Los chinos: complicity with exclusion. Chinos in Cuba

Effeminizing los chinos

Martí and los chinos

Las mujeres: complicity with toxic masculinity. Honor/shame

Marriage and sexual escapades

Calladita te ves mas bonita

Mujeres' purpose within patria

Justice between the sheets.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: De La Torre, Miguel A. Reading José Martí from the margins

ISBN:

9781538190678

1538190672

OCLC:

1398567616