Afro-Argentine discourse : another dimension of the Black diaspora /
Marvin A. Lewis.
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c1996.
- ix, 148 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Afro-Argentine: Another Retrospective View -- The Romantic Mode in Afro-Argentine Letters -- Casildo G. Thompson and the Failure of Negritud -- The Criollista Spirit or the Black Writer as Payador -- Conclusion: Cry for Afro-Argentines. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3.
In Afro-Argentine Discourse, Marvin A. Lewis attempts to write blacks back into the literary history of Argentina by treating in depth, for the first time, the written expression of Argentines of African descent during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Because their contributions are overlooked or minimized in most literary histories, it is often assumed that blacks had little or no part in the development of Argentine literature. Through original archival research, Lewis corrects this erroneous assumption by examining texts never before made available to the academic community. Afro-Argentine Discourse investigates a new dimension of the black experience in the Americas and will stir much interest and debate regarding the black presence in Argentina.
0826210422 (cloth : alk. paper)
95040988
Argentine literature--Black authors--History and criticism. Argentine literature--Minority authors--History and criticism. Argentine literature--African influences--History and criticism. Argentine literature--History and criticism.--20th century Argentine literature--History and criticism.--19th century