University Press of America
Pages: 136
Trim: 6½ x 8½
978-0-7618-2858-7 • Paperback • May 2004 • $50.99 • (£39.00)
Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas is Assistant Professor of Spanish at Emporia State University, Kansas. He holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 The Revolution and Invisibility: African Mexicans and the Ideology of Mestizaje in La raza cósmica
Chapter 6 The Erased Africaness of Mexican Icons
Chapter 7 La vida inútil de Pito Pérez: Tracking the African Contribution to the Mexican Picaresque Sense of Humor
Chapter 8 Angelitos negros, a Film from the "Golden Age" of Mexican Cinema: Coding Visibly Black Mestizos By and Through a Far-Reaching Medium
Chapter 9 Modern National Discourse and La muerte de Artemio Cruz: The Illusory "Death" of African Mexican Lineage
Chapter 10 Conclusion
Chapter 11 Bibliography
Chapter 12 Index