Afro-Descendant Woman in Latin American Diasporic Visual Art

By studying multiple cultural expressions of Blackness throughout different regions of the Americas, the chapters of this book consider the relationship that social and historical processes such as sovereignty and colonialism have on cultural productions made by and about Black Latina women.

List of contents

Introduction: Tracing a History of Invisibility and Cultural Amnesia PART I: Intersecting Race and Gender in Afro-descendant Paintings and Murals 1. Reimagining Mythical Spaces: Spiritualized Afro-feminism and Decolonial Aesthetics in the Visual Expression of Afro-Cuban Painter Harmonia Rosales 2. Repainting Black Queer HERstory: Lesbian Femininity and Inclusive Practices in the Afro-Dominican Diasporic Art of Tiffany Alfonseca 3. Visualizing Collective Identity: Daily Life and Black Femininity in the Artistry of Afro-Brazilian Painter Maria Auxiliadora da Silva 4. Let Equity Bloom: A Floral, Intersectional, and Multicultural Feminist Reading of the Mural the Roots by Afro-Mexican Contemporary Artist Cristina Martinez PART II: Discovering Agency in Black Aesthetic Expressions: Afro-descendant Women's Authorship and Leadership in Photographic Projects and Performance 5. Captured in Frames: Exploring the Silenced Story of Afro-Mexican Women through the Lenses of Koral Carballo and Mara Sánchez Renero 6. Framing Black Girlhood in Puerto Rico: The Afro-descendant Female Body in Adriana Parrilla's Photographic Projects 7. Afro-Colombian Women as Alternative Historical Archives: Negotiating Forms of Racialization and Invisibility in the Graphic Testimonies of Liliana Angulo Cortés 8. Afro-Cuban Diasporic Femininity: A Visual Chronicle of the Trauma of Separation and the Legacy of Enslavement in Susana Pilar's Artistry Epilogue

About the author

Rosita Scerbo is Assistant Professor of Afro-Latinx Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University.

Summary

By studying multiple cultural expressions of Blackness throughout different regions of the Americas, the chapters of this book consider the relationship that social and historical processes such as sovereignty and colonialism have on cultural productions made by and about Black Latina women.

Product details

• Authors: Rosita Scerbo, Rosita (Georgia State University Scerbo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032456409
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245640-9
• No. of pages: 218
• Series: Routledge Research in Art and Race
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, ART / History / General, HISTORY / Women, ART / Women Artists, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, History of art / art & design styles, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, History of Art, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, ART / American / Hispanic & Latino, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Relating to Latin / Hispanic US American people