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Staging Habla de Negros: Radical Performances of the African Diaspora in Early Modern Spain

Staging Habla de Negros: Radical Performances of the African Diaspora in Early Modern Spain

Jones, Nicholas R.

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Series: Iberian Encounter and Exchange, 475-1755, Book 3

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryLiterary CriticismSpainish & Portuguese History

ISBN10: 0271083476
ISBN13: 9780271083476
Publisher: Penn St Univ Pr
Published: Jul 16 2020
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In this volume, Nicholas R. Jones analyzes white appropriations of black African voices in Spanish theater from the 1500s through the 1700s, when the performance of Africanized Castilian, commonly referred to as habla de negros (black speech), was in vogue.

Focusing on Spanish Golden Age theater and performative poetry from authors such as Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Rueda, and Rodrigo de Reinosa, Jones makes a strong case for revising the belief, long held by literary critics and linguists, that white appropriations and representations of habla de negros language are racist buffoonery or stereotype. Instead, Jones shows black characters who laugh, sing, and shout, ultimately combating the violent desire of white supremacy. By placing early modern Iberia in conversation with discourses on African diaspora studies, Jones showcases how black Africans and their descendants who built communities in early modern Spain were rendered legible in performative literary texts.

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