Afro-Asian Connections in Latin America and the Caribbean

Luisa Marcela Ossa is associate professor of Spanish and area chair of the undergraduate Spanish program at La Salle University. Debbie Lee-DiStefano is professor of Spanish at Southeast Missouri State University.

• Chapter 1 Afro and Chinese Depictions in Peruvian Social Discourse at the Turn of the 20th CenturyChapter 2 Locating Chinese Culture and Aesthetics in the Art of Wifredo LamChapter 3 Through the Prism of the Harlem Ashram: Afro-Asian-Caribbean Connections in Transnational CirculationChapter 4 Merging the Transpacific with the Transatlantic: Afro-Asia in Japanese Brazilian NarrativesChapter 5 Parallels and Intersections: Literary Depictions of the Lives of Chinese and Africans in 19th Century and Early 20th Century Cuba Chapter 6 Erased from Collective Memory: Dreadlocks Story Documentary Untangles the Hindu Legacy of RastafariChapter 7 Body of Reconciliation: Aida Petrinera Cheng’s Journey in Como un Mensajero Tuyo Chapter 8 “I am Like One of those Women”: Effeminization of Chinese Caribbean men as Feminist Strategy in Three Contemporary Caribbean NovelsChapter 9 La Mulata Achinada: Bodies, Gender, and Authority in Afro-Chinese Religion in Cuba

Undoubtedly, Afro-Asian Connections in Latin America and the Caribbean is a relevant work not only for scholars but also for students interested in race, ethnicity, gender, culture, literature, history and Afro-Caribbean religions. This necessary book that contributes enormously to a field of studies just recently addressed by the academy: the cultural and racial intermixing of Asian and African peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean, and their history and contributions to build nation state politics and identity.