From Interethnic Alliances to the “Magical Negro”
Afro-Asian Interactions in Asian Latin American Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20249083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ignacio López-Calvo, Ignacio López–calvo (0000-0002-7230-0139, University of California, Merced, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 110 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Humanities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2076-0787 • E-ISSN: 2076-0787 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/h7040110 |
| OpenAlex | W2899671998 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This essay studies Afro-Asian sociocultural interactions in cultural production by or about Asian Latin Americans, with an emphasis on Cuba and Brazil. Among the recurrent characters are the black slave, the china mulata, or the black ally who expresses sympathy or even marries the Asian character. This reflects a common history of bondage shared by black slaves, Chinese coolies, and Japanese indentured workers, as well as a common history of marronage. These conflicts and alliances between Asians and blacks contest the official discourse of mestizaje (Spanish-indigenous dichotomies in Mexico and Andean countries, for example, or black and white binaries in Brazil and the Caribbean) that, under the guise of incorporating the other, favored whiteness while attempting to silence, ignore, or ultimately erase their worldviews and cultures
Art · China · CONTEST · Ethnology · Garcia · Humanities · Indigenous · Latin Americans · Political science · Silence · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Sympathy · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Gender Studies · History · Philippine History and Culture · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |