The testimony of the displaced: Rachel's song and the performance of race and gender

From: Afro - Hispanic Review | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Morris, Andrea Easley | Copyright information

Yo aspiraba a la representacion. Bailar, cantar un poco, y sobre todas las cosas, representar. (Cancion de Rachel 56)

As the protagonist of Miguel Barnet's novel, Rachel's Song makes clear, the desire to act or to represent others is the impulse that drives her career as a performer in the burlesque theatres of Havana in the early 1900's. Much of Barnet's work, including the foundational testimonio, Biografia de un cimarron (1966), Rachel's Song (Cancion de Rachel 1969), Gallego (1981...

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