Alfred J López

A Posthumous History of José Martí

The Apostle and his Afterlife

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Produktbeschreibung

The monograph focuses on Martí's posthumous legacy on generations of Cubans everywhere. It examines roughly 120-year history of posthumous Martí scholarship, recent work in postcolonial and global South studies, to reveal how generations of scholar combatants have used Martí's words and image for wildly divergent political imperatives

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781032319674
• ISBN-10: 1032319674
• Artikelnr.: 70338937

Autorenporträt

Alfred J. López is Professor and Director of Latin American and Latino Studies at Purdue University. He is the editor of The Routledge Companion to Global South Literatures, forthcoming from Routledge

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Apostle and I
First Encounters
Chapter One: The Making of The Apostle; or, The Martí Wars
Cuba and the United States: An Apostolic View
Chapter Two: The Repeating Idol: Martí and the Iconography of the Nation
The Apostle and the Virgin?
Chapter Three: Dressing for Success in Interdisciplinary Contexts;
or, Martí and the Rediscovery of the New World
An Open Letter to President Obama about José Martí [April 4, 2016]
Chapter Four: Can The Apostle Speak? Possible Lessons for Latinx and Global
South Studies
What My Students Can Learn from José Martí
Conclusion: The Apostle as Oracle