In response to the hypocrisy of the First Republic’s sustained imperial position during the Ten Years’ War, José Martí satirized the logic of the integrity argument. Quite simply, the claim of national integrity was “ridiculous” for a territory divided by the Atlantic Ocean. Less absurd, but equally dangerous for Cuba in Martí’s survey of Spanish … More State, nation, patria
Ethnic and Racial Studies Rethinking race, racism, identity and ideology in Latin America Tanya Golash-Boza & Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Published online: 18 Jun 2013. Introduction Abstract This special issue explores ideas of race and racial hierarchy in Latin America in the twenty-first century. By examining the intersection between racialization and processes of identity formation, political struggle, as … More Something I did not cite, but must for its opening lines
When he left Cuba in 1849, he sailed from Havana to Apalachicola. Reynaldo Arenas published a parody of Cecilia Valdés. Axé.
Do you see? Here is another person with a law degree. Axé.
These notes are or could be key for this paper but I do not have time to fully understand them, since I must finish it now. Mignolo 66: La idea de “América fue parte del “occidentalismo” y, más tarde, la idea de “América Latina” se volvió problemática cuando América del sur y el Caribe fueron … More A contradiction, because of time; I am rushed indeed
Arbolé, arbolé seco y verde. La niña de bello rostro está cogiendo aceituna. El viento, galán de torres, la prende por la cintura. Pasaron cuatro jinetes, sobre jacas andaluzas. con trajes de azul y verde, con largas capas oscuras. “Vente a Granada, muchacha.” La niña no los escucha. Pasaron tres torerillos delgaditos de cintura, con … More Arbolé, arbolé
Today I was asked whether I knew of a university police officer who might take certain crimes against (usually) women seriously, so I went into the file on my former stalker to retrieve the name. In this process I glanced over part of the file, and saw things I had forgotten. For instance, my stalker … More C’est intéressant
That was a sentence the younger professors in my graduate program reiterated quite often, as a pedagogical remark. They had apparently thought they were “the next Foucault” and discovered this was not the case, and had had a difficult adjustment to a more modest reality. Their point was that we should not imagine we were … More “I realized I was not the next Foucault”
Here we have a marvelous artifact. Castro Carazo, the author of this song, was the LSU band leader hired by our man Huey. Axé.
Mignolo 111: “En el continente americano, la raza se convirtió en un motivo endémico de la conciencia del Nuevo Mundo, y por eso las razas se ‘sienten’ en América como se ‘sienten’ las clases en Europa.” He is discussing Lewis Gordon, Existentia Africana, another book I should read. Also: Omi and Winant. Formation theory is … More For my book, and perhaps some of my current papers
coldhearted scientist وداد 