Testimonios de mujeres cubanas: Feminismo y afro-cubanidad en tres textos de Daisy Rubiera Castillo
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This article focuses on the testimonial narrative work of Daisy Rubiera Castillo. It shows how these distinctly feminist texts have contributed to the creation of the Afro-Cuban woman as a narrative subject, and its inclusion into the Cuban literary canon since the 1990s. After presenting the complex relationship between feminism and testimonio literature in Cuba, a closer look at three testimonio novels edited by Daisy Rubiera —Reyita, sencillamente (1997), Golpeando la memoria (2005) and Desafío al silencio (2010)— will show how these texts created and established a well-rooted and supportive narrative voice for Afro-Cuban women. When studied as a unit, Daisy Rubiera’s writings act as part of a larger feminist struggle for the visibility, self-representation and collective consciousness of women of African descent throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.
Source: CUADERNOS DE LITERATURA
Author: M Anderson
Institution: Université de Cergy-Pontoise
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1559849476