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
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost