Black USA and Spain: shared memories in the 20th century

During the 20th-century, Spaniards and African-Americans shared significant cultural memories forged by the profound impact that various artistic and historical events had on each other. Addressing three crucial periods (the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age, the Spanish Civil War, and Franco's d...

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Weitere Verfasser: Cornejo-Parriego, Rosalía V. (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Schriftenreihe:Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature Ser
Routledge studies in twentieth-century literature
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Zusammenfassung:During the 20th-century, Spaniards and African-Americans shared significant cultural memories forged by the profound impact that various artistic and historical events had on each other. Addressing three crucial periods (the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age, the Spanish Civil War, and Franco's dictatorship), this collection of essays explores the transnational bond and the intercultural exchanges between these two communities, using race as a fundamental critical category. The study of travelogues, memoirs, documentaries, interviews, press coverage, comics, literary works, music, and performances by iconic figures such as Josephine Baker, Langston Hughes, and Ramn Gmez de la Serna, as well as the experiences of ordinary individuals such as African American nurse Salaria Kea, invite an examination of the ambiguities and paradoxes that underlie this relationship: among them, the questionable and, at times, surprising racial representations of blacks in Spanish avant-garde texts and in the press during the years of Franco's dictatorship; African Americans very unique view of the Spanish Civil War in light of their racial identity; and the oscillation between fascination and anxiety when these two communities look at each other
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 291 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780429595516
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