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Género y “racialidad” en la esfera pública: del asociacionismo a la producción cultural en el Caribe insular hispano

Pages 22-37 | Received 29 Nov 2012, Accepted 23 Sep 2013, Published online: 19 Jan 2015
 

Abstract

Representation in the public sphere is still a challenge for the afro-descendent women in the islands of the Hispanic Caribbean (Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic). These nations have little public policy to address the pervasive oppression of women and afro-descendants. Despite the efforts made during the last decade, associations in the public sphere have encountered problems both to emerge and to survive due to the absence of social and institutional support. In this context, cultural production has become an actual site for representation and intervention in the public sphere. This paper analyzes the collective and political value of some examples of cultural production (dance, fiction, and cultural narrative) of afro-descendant women in the above-mentioned nations.

La représentation au sein de la sphère publique continue de constituer un défi pour les femmes de descendance africaine qui vivent dans les îles des CaraÏbes hispanophones (Cuba, Porto Rico et République Dominicaine). Ces nations ont des cadres de régulation peu développés, qui ne prennent pas en compte l’oppression incessante dont sont victimes les femmes et les personnes de descendance africaine. Malgrè les efforts fournis au cours des dix dernières annèes, les associations issues de la sphère publique ont eu du mal à èmerger et à survivre, du fait d’une absence de soutien social et institutionnel. Dans un tel contexte, la production culturelle est devenue un vèritable site de reprèsentation et d’intervention dans le domaine public. Cet article analyse la valeur politique et collective de quelques exemples de production culturelle (danse, fiction et autres rècits culturels) de femmes de descendance africaine dans les pays mentionnès ci-haut.

Notes

1. Resúmenes de estos informes están disponibles en http://www.eclac.cl/mujer/conferencia/default.asp

2. Puerto Rico, al no ser una nación independiente, no presentó informe.

3. La categoría de “indio” fue introducida en la ficha de identidad nacional durante el régimen de Trujillo para sustituir a la de “negro” (Candelario Citation2007, 19). La construcción racial en República Dominica es particularmente llamativa, pues ha enfatizado la raíz hispánica y taína de la población y de la cultura, rechazando la aportación africana. Todavía hoy muchos afro-dominicanos se siguen percibiendo como “indios”, amparando un sistema racista que valora especialmente la ascendencia europea.

4. El cronotopo es una noción teórica que alude a la indisoluble unidad estética y conceptual que las relaciones de espacio y tiempo establecen en los textos literarios.

5. Mención en el Premio Extraordinario de Estudios sobre la presencia negra en la América y el Caribe contemporaneos 2012 de Casa de las Américas, aún inédito.

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Ana Belén Martín Sevillano

Ana Belén Martín Sevillano is Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies at the Université de Montréal, where she teaches Latin American and Spanish literature and culture. She is the author of Sociedad civil y arte en Cuba: Cuento y artes plásticas en el cambio de siglo (1980–2000) (Verbum 2008). She has published several papers on Hispanic Caribbean literature and visual arts, especially focusing on issues of “race”, gender, and ethnicity. She is currently working on a project on the Roma Diaspora and the emergence of the Hispano-Romani literature.

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