Abstract

JIMENEZ, Deicy G. 'Negrismo' and Feminism in Excilia Saldaña's Poetry. perifrasis. rev.lit.teor.crit. [online]. 2011, vol.2, n.3, pp.56-73. ISSN 2145-8987.

The poetic movement known as Negrismo was very important in Cuban literature during the first half of the twentieth century. Dominated mainly by male writers, the black woman was generally associated with an erotic image. In the second half of the century, a group of female black writers creates a new, more insightful literary work based on their personal experiences. In her latter and intimate poetry, Excilia Saldaña unfolds her personal experience and transforms the passive view of the Afro-Cuban woman, fragmenting the image created by her male antecessors. Her poetry is a very important contribution to the creation and consolidation of a tradition of Afro-Hispanic women writers and artists.

Keywords : Negrismo; feminism; Caribbean; poetry; Cuba.

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