Karina L Cespedes
Biographic Data
| ID | 314665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karina L Cespedes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karina L |
| FAMILY NAME | Cespedes |
| SIGNATURE | CESPEDES K L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond Freedom's Reach: An Imperfect Centering of Women and Children Caught within Cuba's Long Emancipation and the Afterlife of Slavery
This article examines Cuba's long process of gradual emancipation (from 1868–1886) and the continual states of bondage that categorize the afterlife of Cuban slavery. The article addresses deferred freedom, re-enslavement, and maintenance of legal states of bondage in the midst of “freedom.” It contends with the legacy of the casta system, the contradictions within the Moret Law of 1870, which “half-freed” children but not their mothers, and it a…
The Combahee River Collective Forty Years Later: Social Healing within a Black Feminist Classroom
We are representative of the power and potential to black feminist thought upon two generations of women of color. We were brought together as members of a course on black feminist thought and within this class the Combahee River Collective Statement played a central role in defining and transmitting the healing power of black feminist thought. This article adheres to the form, structure, and tradition of the Combahee River Collective in order to…
Spam in the Cuban Ajiaco: An Interview with Alaen Perez
Spam in the Cuban Ajiaco:An Interview with Alaen Pérez Karina L. Céspedes (bio) In 1939, the Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz introduced his ajiaco metaphor, and described the ajiaco as a traditional Cuban stew of ameridian origin that is cooked over a long period by continuously adding new ingredients to the simmering mixture. Like the ingredients of mixed race and culture, additions to the dish maintain their identities to varying degrees; s…
The Combahee River Collective Forty Years Later: Social Healing within a Black Feminist Classroom
We are representative of the power and potential to black feminist thought upon two generations of women of color. We were brought together as members of a course on black feminist thought and within this class the Combahee River Collective Statement played a central role in defining and transmitting the healing power of black feminist thought. This article adheres to the form, structure, and tradition of the Combahee River Collective in order to…
Spam in the Cuban Ajiaco: An Interview with Alaen Perez
Spam in the Cuban Ajiaco:An Interview with Alaen Pérez Karina L. Céspedes (bio) In 1939, the Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz introduced his ajiaco metaphor, and described the ajiaco as a traditional Cuban stew of ameridian origin that is cooked over a long period by continuously adding new ingredients to the simmering mixture. Like the ingredients of mixed race and culture, additions to the dish maintain their identities to varying degrees; s…
The Combahee River Collective Forty Years Later: Social Healing within a Black Feminist Classroom
We are representative of the power and potential to black feminist thought upon two generations of women of color. We were brought together as members of a course on black feminist thought and within this class the Combahee River Collective Statement played a central role in defining and transmitting the healing power of black feminist thought. This article adheres to the form, structure, and tradition of the Combahee River Collective in order to…
Beyond Freedom's Reach: An Imperfect Centering of Women and Children Caught within Cuba's Long Emancipation and the Afterlife of Slavery
This article examines Cuba's long process of gradual emancipation (from 1868–1886) and the continual states of bondage that categorize the afterlife of Cuban slavery. The article addresses deferred freedom, re-enslavement, and maintenance of legal states of bondage in the midst of “freedom.” It contends with the legacy of the casta system, the contradictions within the Moret Law of 1870, which “half-freed” children but not their mothers, and it a…
Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Cuban History and Society (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Afterlife (1 works)