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Cargando... Ever Faithful: Race, Loyalty, and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cubapor David Sartorius
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Challenging assumptions that loyalty to the Spanish empire was the exclusive province of the white Cuban elite, this groundbreaking history brings attention to free and enslaved people of African descent who actively supported colonialism. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Discussing politics in the public sphere, Sartorius writes, “Activists of African descent emphasized adherence to the decorum expected in public discourse and spaces – even as they pushed their limits by advancing political projects that variously affirmed and challenged colonialism.” This recalls other instances when Afro-Cubans used colonial institutions to secure rights, such as cabildos de nacións functioning “as representative bodies for African ‘nations’ by providing political and administrative services.” Similarly, libres de color offered community spaces in which free people of color could work toward self-improvement, albeit in a limited fashion.
Sartorius writes, “The suppression and fragmentation of the history of loyalty was not exclusively the product of North American intervention…the fabric of Cuban nationalism itself worked to conceal that narrative.” Alongside this, journalists “relegated those [racial] distinctions to the private sphere, hidden from respectable public discussion.” In a way, this explains the omissions in Perez’s narrative since these elements of Cuba’s history did not serve the “the master narrative of the nation, loaded as it was with aspirations as anticipation.” Sartorius complicates this narrative in much the same way as Matt Childs or Manuel Barcia by showing that Cuban history was not a streamlined narrative toward revolution, but, like the others, his argument can exist alongside Perez’s since they each examine how people understood their history and place in society rather than attempting to present a truly objective list of events. ( )