Place, Language, and Identity in Afro-Costa Rican Literature
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (661 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 082621472X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Black writers in Costa Rica have used creative writing as a means to express this change in self-identity—as West Indians, as Costa Ricans, as “Latinos,” and as a contentious union of all these cultural identifications—as well as to combat myths and extrinsic definitions of their culture.Mosby examines the transformation of identity in works by black writers in Costa Rica of Afro–West Indian descent as particular national identities find common ground in the expression of an Afro–Costa Rican identity. Afro–Costa Rican writers from different historical periods express their relation to place, language, and identity as a “process,” a transformation partly due to sociohistorical circumstances and partly in reaction against the national myths of whiteness in the dominant Hispanic culture. These writers include Alderman Johnson Roden, Dolores Joseph, Eulalia Bernard, Quince Duncan, Shirley Campbell, and Delia McDonald, all of w
Dorothy E. Mosby is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Ohio State University in Columbus.
Mosby is Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese at Ohio State University in Columbus.. About the Author Dorothy E