Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas

Delgadillo, Theresa

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Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas

Theresa Delgadillo

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Geographies of Relation offers a new lens for examining diaspora and borderlands texts and performances that considers the inseparability of race, ethnicity, and gender in imagining and enacting social change. Theresa Delgadillo crosses interdisciplinary and canonical borders to investigate the interrelationships of African-descended Latinx and mestizx peoples through an analysis of Latin American, Latinx, and African American literature, film, and performance.

Not only does Delgadillo offer a rare extended analysis of Black Latinidades in Chicanx literature and theory, but she also considers over a century's worth of literary, cinematic, and performative texts to support her argument about the significance of these cultural sites and overlaps. Chapters illuminate the significance of Toña La Negra in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, reconsider feminist theorist Gloria Anzaldúa's work in revising exclusionary Latin American ideologies of mestizaje, delve into the racial and gender frameworks Sandra Cisneros attempts to rewrite, unpack encounters between African Americans and Black Puerto Ricans in texts by James Baldwin and Marta Moreno Vega, explore the African diaspora in colonial and contemporary Peru through Daniel Alarcón's literature and the documentary Soy Andina, and revisit the centrality of Black power in ending colonialism in Cuban narratives. Geographies of Relation demonstrates the long histories of networks and exchanges across the Americas as well as the interrelationships among Indigenous, Black, African American, mestizx, Chicanx, and Latinx peoples. It offers a compelling argument that geographies of relation are as significant as national frameworks in structuring cultural formation and change in this hemisphere.

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Published: 2024

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A screenshot of a WorldCat Identities webpage with statistics on Toña la Negra. A graph shows publications both by, and about Toña la Negra between 1920 and 2016.

World Cat Identities generated graph of publications by and about Toña La Negra

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Figure 1. WorldCat Identities–generated graph of publications by and about Toña La Negra, accessed 8 July 2021.

A black and white photograph of Toña La Negra at a microphone on the stage of Station XEW with Rafael Hernandez on her left and Wello Rivas on her right. A crowd is seated in the background, including a piano and string section.

Toña La Negra accompanies Rafael Hernandez on his February 12, 1943 debut on Station XEW with Wello Rivas

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Figure 2. Toña La Negra accompanies Rafael Hernandez on his February 12, 1943, debut on Station XEW with Wello Rivas. Photo courtesy of the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City: Fondo Enrique Díaz, Delgado y García, Cronológico, Programas y Estaciones de Radio, EDDG8419.

A black and white film still features a multiracial man and woman seated at the Siete Mares Club in Konga roja. They are both holding full mugs of beer and the man in the hat has his arm around the woman.

Multiracial working-class patrons of the Siete Mares Club in Konga roja (1943, Dir. Alejandro Galindo). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

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Figure 3. Multiracial working-class patrons of the Siete Mares Club in Konga roja (1943, dir. Alejandro Galindo). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

A black and white film still from Konga roja, depicts Marta the Mulata, played by Toña la Negra on the left, and Rosa, played by Maria Antoineta Pons, on the right. In the background are gourds, pictures of saints, and a beaded room divider with the Mexican coat of arms imprinted on it.

In Konga roja (1943, Dir. Alejandro Galindo), Marta the Mulata, played by Toña La Negra on the left and Rosa, played by Maria Antoineta Pons, on the right. Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

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Figure 4. In Konga roja, Marta the Mulata, played by Toña La Negra, on the left and Rosa, played by Maria Antoineta Pons, on the right. Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

A black and white photograph of Toña la Negra appearing in traditional Veracruz dress in Humo en los ojos.

Toña La Negra appearing in traditional Veracruz dress in Humo en los ojos (1946, Dir. Alberto Gout). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

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Figure 5. Toña La Negra appearing in traditional Veracruz dress in Humo en los ojos (1946, dir. Alberto Gout). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

A black and white photograph of Toña la Negra wearing Caribbean-style dress on stage with Son Clave de Oro in the role of Marta the Mulata in the film Konga roja.

Toña La Negra on stage with Son Clave de Oro in the role of Marta the Mulata in the film Konga roja. Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

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Figure 6. Toña La Negra on stage with Son Clave de Oro in the role of Marta the Mulata in the film Konga roja.

A black and white photograph of Toña la Negra performing with Pedro Vargas and Agustín Lara at the piano in the movie Revancha. She wears an elegant gown with butterlies-onsquares print.

Toña La Negra performing with Pedro Vargas and Agustín Lara at the piano in Revancha (1948, Dir. Alberto Gout). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

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Figure 7. Toña La Negra performing with Pedro Vargas and Agustín Lara at the piano in Revancha (1948, dir. Alberto Gout). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

A black and white photograph of Toña la Negra in an all-white version of traditional Veracruzan costume in En carne viva. She is on stage surrounded by musicians.

Toña La Negra in an all-white version of traditional Veracruzan costume in En carne viva (1950, Dir. Alberto Gout). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

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Figure 8. Toña La Negra in an all-white version of traditional Veracruzan costume in En carne viva (1950, dir. Alberto Gout). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

A black and white photograph of Toña la Negra in a glamorous black satin gown with white wrap as she performs in a nightclub scene.

Toña La Negra in a glamorous black satin gown with white wrap as she performs in a nightclub scene from Amor de la calle (1949, dir. Ernesto Cortázar). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

From Chapter 1

Figure 9. Toña La Negra in a glamorous black satin gown with white wrap as she performs in a nightclub scene from Amor de la calle (1949, dir. Ernesto Cortázar). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

A black and white photograph of Toña la Negra in sequined gown in Amor de la calle.

Toña La Negra, wearing sequined gown, in nightclub scene from Amor de la calle (1949, Dir. Ernesto Cortázar). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

From Chapter 1

Figure 10. Toña La Negra, wearing sequined gown, in nightclub scene from Amor de la calle. Photo courtesy of Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

A black and white photograph of Toña la Negra in a 1970s concert appearance in the park.

Toña La Negra concert appearance in the park. Photo courtesy of the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City, Mexico. Fondo Hermanos Mayo, Alfabético Artistas 1a. Parte, Toña La Negra, HMAA1236.

From Chapter 1

Figure 11. Toña La Negra concert appearance in the park. Photo courtesy of the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City. Fondo Hermanos Mayo, Alfabético Artistas 1a. Parte, Toña La Negra, HMAA1236.

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Toña La Negra accompanies Rafael Hernandez on his February 12, 1943 debut on Station XEW with Wello Rivas

Multiracial working-class patrons of the Siete Mares Club in Konga roja (1943, Dir. Alejandro Galindo). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

In Konga roja (1943, Dir. Alejandro Galindo), Marta the Mulata, played by Toña La Negra on the left and Rosa, played by Maria Antoineta Pons, on the right. Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

Toña La Negra appearing in traditional Veracruz dress in Humo en los ojos (1946, Dir. Alberto Gout). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

Toña La Negra on stage with Son Clave de Oro in the role of Marta the Mulata in the film Konga roja. Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

Toña La Negra performing with Pedro Vargas and Agustín Lara at the piano in Revancha (1948, Dir. Alberto Gout). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

Toña La Negra in an all-white version of traditional Veracruzan costume in En carne viva (1950, Dir. Alberto Gout). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

Toña La Negra in a glamorous black satin gown with white wrap as she performs in a nightclub scene from Amor de la calle (1949, dir. Ernesto Cortázar). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

Toña La Negra, wearing sequined gown, in nightclub scene from Amor de la calle (1949, Dir. Ernesto Cortázar). Photo courtesy of the Colección Filmoteca UNAM.

Toña La Negra concert appearance in the park. Photo courtesy of the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City, Mexico. Fondo Hermanos Mayo, Alfabético Artistas 1a. Parte, Toña La Negra, HMAA1236.

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