Mayaya Rising: Black Female Icons in Latin American and Caribbean Literature and Culture

by Dawn Duke

Who are the Black heroines of Latin America and the Caribbean? Where do we turn for models of transcendence among women of African ancestry in the region? In answer to the historical dearth of such exemplars, Mayaya Rising explores and celebrates the work of writers who intentionally center powerful female cultural archetypes. In this inventive analysis, Duke proposes three case studies and a corresponding womanist methodology through which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1684484383
• ISBN13: 9781684484386
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher