Takkara K Brunson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4881429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Takkara K Brunson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Takkara K |
| FAMILY NAME | Brunson |
| SIGNATURE | BRUNSON T K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Race and Reproduction in Cuba, by Bonnie A. Lucero
Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba
Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba
In Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba , Takkara Brunson traces how women of African descent battled exclusion on multiple fronts and played an important role in forging a modern democracy. Brunson takes a much-needed intersectional approach to the political history of the era, examining how Black women’s engagement with questions of Cuban citizenship intersected with racial prejudice, gender norms, and sexual politics, incorp…
Women and History Now: A Conversation
As part of this special issue of History , we invited four scholars working across academia and public history roles in the UK and US to respond to a series of questions relating to their work as historians today: Alana Harris, Takkara Brunson, Amara Thornton and Helen Carr. In foregrounding diverse textual, material and digital modes of historical work being undertaken by women in our own moment, the following conversation is intended as an expa…
Eusebia Cosme and Black Womanhood on the Transatlantic Stage
A woman of African descent born in Cuba, Eusebia Cosme relocated to the United States during the late 1930s. She quickly became an internationally renowned performer of “Afro-Antillean” poetry, dressing in elaborate costumes as she recited the works of prominent poets who included Nicolas Guillén, Luis Páles Matos, and Langston Hughes. This article argues that Cosme utilized male-written texts, in addition to attire and choreography, to engage di…
Writing’ Black Womanhood in the Early Cuban Republic, 1904–16
This article explores the intersection of race, class and womanhood during the early years of the Cuban Republic. It focuses on the writings of elite women who published in the black press between 1904 and 1916. While legal reforms and the expansion of the educational system facilitated new gender expectations, racial ideologies positioned upper‐class white women as the standard of ideal womanhood. I argue that elite women of African descent empl…
Black Behind the Ears: Dominican Racial Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops - by Candelario, G
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Black Behind the Ears: Dominican Racial Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops - by Candelario, G
Writing’ Black Womanhood in the Early Cuban Republic, 1904–16
This article explores the intersection of race, class and womanhood during the early years of the Cuban Republic. It focuses on the writings of elite women who published in the black press between 1904 and 1916. While legal reforms and the expansion of the educational system facilitated new gender expectations, racial ideologies positioned upper‐class white women as the standard of ideal womanhood. I argue that elite women of African descent empl…
Eusebia Cosme and Black Womanhood on the Transatlantic Stage
A woman of African descent born in Cuba, Eusebia Cosme relocated to the United States during the late 1930s. She quickly became an internationally renowned performer of “Afro-Antillean” poetry, dressing in elaborate costumes as she recited the works of prominent poets who included Nicolas Guillén, Luis Páles Matos, and Langston Hughes. This article argues that Cosme utilized male-written texts, in addition to attire and choreography, to engage di…
Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba
Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba
In Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba , Takkara Brunson traces how women of African descent battled exclusion on multiple fronts and played an important role in forging a modern democracy. Brunson takes a much-needed intersectional approach to the political history of the era, examining how Black women’s engagement with questions of Cuban citizenship intersected with racial prejudice, gender norms, and sexual politics, incorp…
Women and History Now: A Conversation
As part of this special issue of History , we invited four scholars working across academia and public history roles in the UK and US to respond to a series of questions relating to their work as historians today: Alana Harris, Takkara Brunson, Amara Thornton and Helen Carr. In foregrounding diverse textual, material and digital modes of historical work being undertaken by women in our own moment, the following conversation is intended as an expa…
Race and Reproduction in Cuba, by Bonnie A. Lucero
Sociology (7 works) · Cuban History and Society (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · History (4 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works)