Neither Isle Nor Peninsula

Authors

  • Mónica Ayala Martínez Denison University

Keywords:

Zoe Valdes, Dear First Love, Querido primer novio, Cuba, Cuban identity, aboriginal influence, African influence, Hispanic influence, Cuban aboriginals.

Abstract

This article picks up Zoe Valdes’s idea of a primacy of the cultural influences of old Cuban aboriginals and forced African immigrations. The text focuses on the historical and cultural elaboration of indigenous and African ethnic groups, at the expense of Hispanic influence. Besides, it collects the question of Cuban identity according to Valdes’s vision, which excludes all things Spanish in her work. The author finds balance in her article by using different sociological and anthropological works from different tendencies.

Author Biography

  • Mónica Ayala Martínez, Denison University

    Profesora de la Universidad de Denison, Estados Unidos.

References

Bhabha, Homi (1994) The Location of Culture. New York, Routledge.

Fernández, Damián J. y Cámara Betancourt, Madeline (eds., 2000) Cuba, the ElusiveNation. Interpretations of National Identity. Gainsville, University Press of Florida.

Hall, Stuart (1994) «Cultural Identity and Diaspora». En: Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory. A Reader. New York, Columbia University Press.

Valdés, Zoé (1999) Querido primer novio. Barcelona, Planeta

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Published

2006-11-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 5 (2006)

Section

Dossier

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How to Cite

Ayala Martínez, M. (2006). Neither Isle Nor Peninsula. Co-herencia, 3(5), 91-102. https://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/co-herencia/article/view/369