Performing Poetry, Race, and the Caribbean: Eusebia Cosme and Luis Palés Matos.

The article offers some specific examples of how elements of race, region, nation, and gender are performed in the work of early twentieth-century artists Luis Palés Matos and Eusebia Cosme and of what effect performance has on the genre of poetry. They portray Caribbean race through poetic performa...

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Publicado en:Revista Hispánica Moderna (0034-9593) Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 135 - 148
Autor principal: Kuhnheim, Jill S.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press 2008
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Sumario:The article offers some specific examples of how elements of race, region, nation, and gender are performed in the work of early twentieth-century artists Luis Palés Matos and Eusebia Cosme and of what effect performance has on the genre of poetry. They portray Caribbean race through poetic performances, unsettling some polarized extremes and reinforcing others.