Article
Review of African Mexicans and the Discourse of the Modern Nation by Marco Polo Hernandex Cuevas
PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin American Research Association
(2005)
Abstract
In this, his first book, Marco Polo
Hernandez asserts that African heritage has
been silenced in the official national
discourse through a whitening rhetoric
promoted by the post revolutionary
government between 1920 and 1968.
Drawing on theoretical insights from
Richard Jackson's "Black Phobia and the
White Aesthetic in Spanish American
Literature" and James Snead's "White.
Screens Black Images: The Dark Side of
Hollywood," Hernandez examines specific··
cultural objects (one essay, two novels,
one film, and several collective practices)
to illustrate different ways in which
Mexico's African legacy has been denied
by the homogenizing official culture.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2005
Publisher Statement
Copyright PALARA 2005
Citation Information
Elisa G. Rizo. "Review of African Mexicans and the Discourse of the Modern Nation by Marco Polo Hernandex Cuevas" PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin American Research Association Vol. 9 (2005) p. 96 - 99 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elisa_rizo/18/