The politics of race in Panama: Afro-Hispanic and West Indian literary discourses of contention

Black Panamanians, unlike other Aftro-Latin communities, have traditionally separated themselves based on ancestral heritage: on one hand are those whose ancestors were slaves during the colonial period; on the other are those whose families arrived from the West Indies to help build the Panama Rail...

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1. Verfasser: Watson, Sonja Stephenson (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville [u.a.] Univ. Press of Florida 2014
Schriftenreihe:Latin American and Caribbean arts and culture
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Zusammenfassung:Black Panamanians, unlike other Aftro-Latin communities, have traditionally separated themselves based on ancestral heritage: on one hand are those whose ancestors were slaves during the colonial period; on the other are those whose families arrived from the West Indies to help build the Panama Railroad and Canal. In this book, Watson assesses how Panamanian literature represents this historical and continuing tension
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 184 S.
ISBN:9780813049861