HispaniaPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1353/hpn.2024.a929128
Dawn F. Stinchcomb
{"title":"Teaching Afro-Hispanic Literature in the Undergraduate Introductory Literature Course: A Pedagogy for Antiracist Teaching","authors":"Dawn F. Stinchcomb","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2024.a929128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2024.a929128","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This essay posits that an institution's program design mandates the curriculum for the classes we teach and that curriculum affects the concept of \"canonical\" literature, teacher preparation, textbook content, and comfort with discussing difference in the second language classroom for undergraduates. For that reason, this essay argues for the need for intentional curricular design that incorporates the ethnic diversity of Spanish-speaking communities at all levels of undergraduate Spanishlanguage instruction and proposes that literature written by Spanish-speaking writers of African descent should always be an integral part of the introductory literature course. In this course, literature is examined as an expression of culture and used as a tool for the development of both critical thinking skills and intercultural competence. While inclusive teaching methodologies are inherently universal and have application in teaching literature in any language, what follows describes an approach to teaching Afro-Hispanic literature in undergraduate Spanish classes that ensures the development of intercultural competence, endorses a pedagogy with a foundation in antiracist philosophy, and is rooted in inclusive and equitable teaching practices that is both deliberate and student-centered.","PeriodicalId":509141,"journal":{"name":"Hispania","volume":"34 1","pages":"273 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141405982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HispaniaPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1353/hpn.2024.a929133
M. Abreu
{"title":"Black Epistemologies and Music: A Dialogue with Emicida's Sobre crianças, quadris, pesadelos e lições de casa","authors":"M. Abreu","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2024.a929133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2024.a929133","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The arts have consistently been interlocutors for Black scholarship in the humanities. Poetry, literature, and music are sources of knowledge for theorizing social realities. This relates to two elements: (a) an epistemology that values the production and spread of oral, subjective, and aesthetic forms of knowledge; (b) the systematic exclusion of Black people from academic spaces, especially in Latin American contexts, which encourages alternative practices of reflection and registry. Many artists actively consider what is produced in the cultural margins to be a strong locus of political and intellectual creativity. In Brazil, the rapper Emicida has been trying to make his artistic projects catalysts for philosophical reflection. His album Sobre crianças, quadris, pesadelos e lições de casa resonates with Asian, African, Black Atlantic, and Latin American sources of knowledge including religious practices, pop culture, and philosophy. It discusses themes such as love, race, racism, history, family, environmental crisis, and work relations through the combination of musical styles from Brazil, specifically, and the Black Atlantic, more generally. This article establishes a dialogue with the theories and debates suggested by this album, thus situating its contribution to Black scholarship and epistemology.","PeriodicalId":509141,"journal":{"name":"Hispania","volume":"32 7","pages":"353 - 365"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141396641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HispaniaPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1353/hpn.2024.a929129
Jessie D. Dixon
{"title":"The Root of It: Bringing Afrodescendencia to the Forefront of Identity and Culture in Teaching the Spanish-speaking Caribbean","authors":"Jessie D. Dixon","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2024.a929129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2024.a929129","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In Spanish language curricula, it is essential that we teach about afrodescendientes in Latin America and the Caribbean to present an inclusive representation of the diverse people, practices, and cultural products. Their perspectives and cultural products must be integrated in the curricula of Spanish undergraduate programs beyond the few notable figures whose work is included in widely used anthologies. By introducing students of Spanish to the significant population of afrodescendientes in regions of Latin America and the Caribbean even at the earliest levels, we enable them to understand ideologies of homogeneity that work against an awareness of diversity. The hope is that through critical readings and analyses, students become aware of the complexities of race, color, and class in the development of a nations' cultural identity. In examining the history, literature, and cultural productions, students analyze the role that equity, justice, and power play in Latin America and the Caribbean, where whiteness is privileged and Blacks continue to be marginalized, from the colonial period to the present day.","PeriodicalId":509141,"journal":{"name":"Hispania","volume":"260 2","pages":"289 - 303"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141412874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HispaniaPub Date : 2024-06-01DOI: 10.1353/hpn.2024.a929126
Felipe Gómez
{"title":"Centering Afro-Colombian Lideresa Felicita Campos: Counter-narrative Comics against Land Grabs","authors":"Felipe Gómez","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2024.a929126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2024.a929126","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article explores the representation of social leader Felicita Campos in a comic book created by members of her community and a team led by sociologist Orlando Fals Borda and painter Ulianov Chalarka in the early 1970s. The comic portrays Campos, a female Afro-Colombian peasant, fighting for recognition of her community's land ownership rights during the 1920s amidst intense repression and violence. Through critical analysis of visual narratives, historical research, and literary criticism, this article highlights the significance of \"Felicita Campos: La mujer campesina en lucha por la tierra\" as a mnemonic device for remembering and learning from past struggles against land theft and injustice. It also examines her representation as a female protagonist in relation to the natural and non-human world, comparing it to other female roles and representations in Colombian and Latin American comics. The article emphasizes the importance of amplifying the voices of marginalized communities and promoting social justice through visual media like comics. Overall, this article contributes to the scholarship on Afro-Latin American studies, comics studies, and oral and literary traditions, underscoring the importance of \"Felicita Campos: La mujer campesina en lucha por la tierra\" as a tool for etnoeducación and generating dialogue and participation among marginalized communities.","PeriodicalId":509141,"journal":{"name":"Hispania","volume":"36 6","pages":"233 - 254"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141393308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HispaniaPub Date : 2024-04-05DOI: 10.3989/hispania.2023.078
J. A. Guillén Berrendero
{"title":"Melero Muñoz, Isabel María, Linaje, vinculación de bienes y conflictividad en la España Moderna, Sevilla, Universidad de Sevilla, 2023, 533 págs., ISBN: 978-84-472-2421-0.","authors":"J. A. Guillén Berrendero","doi":"10.3989/hispania.2023.078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3989/hispania.2023.078","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":509141,"journal":{"name":"Hispania","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140739225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HispaniaPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1353/hpn.2024.a921485
{"title":"Queer Women in Modern Spanish Literature: Activism, Sexuality, and the Otherness of the 'Chicas Raras.' ed. by Ana I Simón-Alegre and Lou Charnon-Deutsch (review)","authors":"","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2024.a921485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2024.a921485","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":509141,"journal":{"name":"Hispania","volume":"279 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140281233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HispaniaPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1353/hpn.2024.a921479
{"title":"Adquisición de la morfología by Rosa A Martín Vegas (review)","authors":"","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2024.a921479","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2024.a921479","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":509141,"journal":{"name":"Hispania","volume":"5 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140269619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HispaniaPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1353/hpn.2024.a921458
María Hernández-Etura
{"title":"\"El grafito es la manera más auténtica de dibujarnos, carece de artificio\": Entrevista a Maite Mutuberria, autora de Enorme suciedad","authors":"María Hernández-Etura","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2024.a921458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2024.a921458","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":509141,"journal":{"name":"Hispania","volume":"2 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140268083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HispaniaPub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1353/hpn.2024.a921477
{"title":"De la teoría a la poética de la traducción by Victor Ivanovici (review)","authors":"","doi":"10.1353/hpn.2024.a921477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hpn.2024.a921477","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":509141,"journal":{"name":"Hispania","volume":"37 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140270293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}