Lorgia García-Peña
Auteur van Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color
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Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color (2022) — Auteur — 34 exemplaren
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- Dominican Republic
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- Trenton, NJ, USA
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Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving… door Lorgia García Peña
This syllabus is a warning, a call to arms, a road map, but above all, is a labour of love. Ethnic Studies in the USA (and in Canada) have a true champion in Lorgia.
A must read for everybody interested in Dominican literature, history and culture. A wonderful, and poignant analysis of foundational texts from the Dominican canon such as "Las vírgenes de Galindo" which is demystified and deconstructed to reveal how history was falsified to construct one of the founding myths of the Dominican nation. Lorgia García-Peña also delves deeply into the works on Dominicanyork artist Josefina Báez showing how her body, speech and performance contradicts the main narrative of Dominican nationhood and personhood. A truly great contribution to Dominican Studies!… (meer)
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