3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the cultural politics of identity formation in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean, particularly in Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Areas of focus will include: the textual and cinematic representations of slavery and of the Afro-Caribbean experience, from anti-slavery works through la poesia negra to the more recent manifestations of Afro-centrism; the Siboney movement; the Taino revival; and Pan-Caribbeanism. The class is primarily discussion with some lecture. (In Spanish)