Los negros como figura de negación y diferencia en el teatro barroco

Bibliographic Data

ID23034592
AuthorsBaltasar Fra Molinero (Bates College, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume2
Issue2
Pages7-29
Publication date2014-11-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHipogrifo Revista de literatura y cultural del Siglo de Oro (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2328-1308 • E-ISSN: 2328-1308
PublisherInstituto de Estudios Auriseculares (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.13035/h.2014.02.02.02
OpenAlexW1990514021
LanguageES
Citations received7
References cited6

Modernity in Europe and America has negated the existence of Blacks, making them invisible. Spanish Renaissance and Baroque theater represents the Black figure in three ways. Some Black characters embody the negation of humanity; other Blacks attempt to erase their skin color at the physical and metaphysical level, and thus their presence in society as difference and as beings in history; lastly, and this is the exception, some are individuals who confront this negation and demand their freedom against a society that sees them only as slaves. This is the case of the play Juan Latino (c. 1625) by Diego Ximénez de Enciso. Its protagonist affirms his presence in historical memory.

Art · Art history · Baroque · Epistemology · Humanities · Humanity · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphysics · Modernity · Negation · The Renaissance · Theology · Cuban History and Society · Historical Studies in Latin America · History and Politics in Latin America · Philosophy