Teaching Afro-Latin American Culture through Film: "Raices de mi corazon" and Cuba's "Guerrita de los Negros"

Autor/in	Watson, Sonja
Titel	Teaching Afro-Latin American Culture through Film: "Raices de mi corazon" and Cuba's "Guerrita de los Negros"
Quelle	In: Hispania, 96 (2013) 1, S.71-80 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
DOI	10.1353/hpn.2013.0016
Schlagwörter	Films; Cultural Awareness; Teaching Methods; Undergraduate Study; Latin American Culture; African Culture; Foreign Countries; Blacks; World History; Technology Uses in Education; Cuba + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Grundstudium; Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Ausland; Black person; Schwarzer; Weltgeschichte; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Kuba
Abstract	Studies have shown an absence of Afro-Latin American culture at all levels of Spanish instruction. In this essay, I propose the use of film to expand the undergraduate curriculum. Film provides both a visual and cultural narrative for the understanding of Latin American history, culture, and literature, and is an invaluable resource for teaching Afro-Latin American culture and promoting visual and multicultural literacy. This article focuses on "Raices de mi corazon," a short film that deals with the establishment of the "Partido Independiente de Color," a political party that called for social reforms for Afro-Cubans and Cuba's race war of 1912, which led to the murder of over six thousand men, women, and children of color. "Raices de mi corazon" spotlights the importance of Cuba's little known "guerrita de los negros" and provides a way to expand both the canon and curriculum through the incorporation of minority voices in the classroom. (Contains 11 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10