Vejigantes: The Masked Mulatta

by Francisco Arriví

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2026
Liverpool University Press (Verlag)
9781805967187 (ISBN)

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Vejigantes: The Masked Mulatta is a translation of a very popular Puerto Rican play published by the island’s Father of Puerto Rican Theater, Francisco Arriví in 1958. This work reveals the complexities of internalized self-hatred based on natural hair texture of individuals of African ancestry on the island and cultural tensions that arise when the United States arrives to the island in the middle of the twentieth century as result of Operation Bootstrap (1947). The play reflects the cultural difference between the mainland and the island at a time when many companies established on the island. This translation will allow this wonderful drama to be accessible to an English-speaking audience. The work translates the central theme of imposition of colonial and imperialist values, while keeping the rich culture of la isla de encanto (Island of Enchantment).

Dr Thomas Wayne Edison is an Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages at the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. His area of scholarship includes Afro-Caribbean Culture and Identity. This two-time Fulbright Scholar published his first book titled Ashe-Caribbean Literary Aesthetic in the Cuban, Colombian, Costa Rican, and Panamanian Novel of Resistance in 2020 with Lexington Books. The book focuses on the intersection between African spirituality and selected Hispanophone Caribbean novel. His most recent book that he edited is titled Candombe: arte universal and was published in Baker Books (2024). Dr. Edison is very committed to looking at Black identity from a global perspective, especially the erasure of Afro-Latinx populations.

Forward by Roberto Ramos-Perea

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Vejigantes: The Masked Mulatta

Erscheinungsdatum	04.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Aris & Phillips Hispanic Classics
Übersetzer	Thomas Wayne Edison PhD
Verlagsort	Liverpool
Sprache	englisch
Maße	163 x 239 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
ISBN-13	9781805967187 / 9781805967187
Zustand	Neuware