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Break into three groups and answer the questions below about our article.
"19th C Racial Myths and Familial Corruption of Cuban Whiteness".pdf
What does the article say about Latin American constructions of whiteness? How does it compare with what we've learned about racial construction in the United States?
What claim is Morrison making in the Introduction? HOW is she making that claim?
What overarching fact does Morrison's claim seem to ignore?
How does Morrison challenge Verena Martinez-Alier Stolke?
What is she implying about the value of marriage for most Cubans? What is she ignoring (about the value of marriage in 19th century culture)?
Why is the case of Marques de Sonora Jose de Galvez so important? How does the novel speak back to that?
The Bronze Madonna of Villaverde
The novel was one of the most popular genres in the nineteenth (and early twentieth) century, when Villaverde wrote. Now sudden fiction is a genre that has become especially popular in Latin America. How do these text compare to our excerpt from Cecilia Valdes?
Villaverde Cecilia Valdes.pdf
In Cecilia Valdes, Villaverde creates a "bronze Madonna" as the mother of the new Cuban people. How does this compare with constructions of national identity and race in mainstream American fiction? How does it compare with the other texts we've read?
How is race constructed in the novel?
Group Work:
Break into groups and analyze racial construction in the novel? Is there racism in the novel?
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