A Cultural Pluralistic Reading on the Afro- and Chinese-Cuban Communities in Memorias de una cubanita que nació con el siglo (1964)

Authors

Francisco Chen-López

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article deploys the cultural pluralism theory, which focuses on how minoritized groups integrate while preserving their cultural identities instead of assimilating into the dominant culture. In her memoir, Renée Méndez Capote describes how Black and Chinese people coexisted in twentieth-century Cuba while maintaining their own cultural identities and were in the process of integrating into the definition of the cubanidad. Via this theoretical framework, this research provides a different approach to studying the literary representation of Afro-Asian relationships in Cuba, aiming to contribute to the constantly growing field of Afro-Asian studies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Recommended Citation

Chen-López, Francisco (2025) "A Cultural Pluralistic Reading on the Afro- and Chinese-Cuban Communities in Memorias de una cubanita que nació con el siglo (1964)," PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association: Vol. 28, Article 4.
Available at: https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/palara/vol28/iss1/4