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History and Stories of Mestizaje in the Spanish Caribbean: Rosario Ferré's Maldito Amor/Sweet Diamond Dust.

This article offers a critical overview of the discourse of mestizaje and its relationship to national and individual identities in the Spanish Caribbean, particularly in Puerto Rico. Through a close analysis of Rosario Ferré's novel Sweet Diamond Dust, I examine the discursive mechanisms that the r...

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Published in:Journal of Global South Studies Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 145 - 164
Main Author: Ortega, Gema
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: University of Florida, Board of Trustees Spring2019
Subjects:
Sweet Diamond Dust (Book)
Ferré, Rosario, 1938-2016
Mestizo culture
National character
Political autonomy
Nationalism
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