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Brazilian rapper Emicida, one of the most creative and perceptive pop artists in recent years, creates compelling drama in not only the content of what he says but also the[...]
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O rapper brasileiro Emicida, um dos artistas mais criativos e perceptivos nos últimos tempos, cria drama não somente nas suas letras mas também na dinâmica da sua voz. Na música[...]
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This article is a translation of a previous post on The Postcolonialist. Translation provided by Negarra Akili Kudumu, editor. … I think that anyone seriously engaged in cultural studies, as intellectual practice,[...]
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… penso que qualquer pessoa que se envolva seriamente nos estudos culturais como prática intelectual deve sentir, na pele, sua transitoriedade, sua insubstancialidade, o pouco que consegue registrar, o pouco[...]
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This article is a translation of a previous post on The Postcolonialist. Translation provided by the author. Santurce is an area that boasts a varied cultural and artistic scene. Formerly known[...]
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Santurce es un área que cuenta con una escena artística y cultural variada. Antiguamente un municipio por derecho propio conocido como San Mateo de Cangrejos, hoy día es un barrio[...]
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To commemorate the 500th anniversary of its “discovery” by Portuguese sailor Alvares de Cabral in 2000, Brazil officially presented itself as a “rainbow nation” without discrimination or racism; a place[...]
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It is no longer possible to ignore the need for public and accessible avenues of discourse and debate. As the university model becomes further aligned with a corporate vision of[...]
This article is a translation of a previous post on The Postcolonialist. Translation provided by Addie Leak, a freelance translator based in France. Moreover, the idea itself of classifying writers[...]
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(Articulo en español) Oscar López Rivera is a freedom fighter for the independence of Puerto Rico. He has the unenviable distinction of being the longest-held Puerto Rican political prisoner in[...]
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Photo Credit: © Lara Dotson-Renta, 2013 (San Juan, Puerto Rico) (Article in English) Oscar López Rivera es un luchador por la independencia de Puerto Rico. Tiene la distinción nada envidiable[...]
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[L]’idée même de classer les écrivains par langue est déjà pour moi une idée assez provinciale. Je ne suis pas un écrivain de langue française, ni francophone, je suis un[...]
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Recently elected to the Académie française, Dany Laferrière is a Haitian and Canadian novelist and journalist. The Postcolonialist editor Pénélope Cormier interviewed him on October 10, 2013, just before his candidacy was announced. An English translation of the interview[...]
Una masa casi indefinible de cuerpos en descomposición cubre el fondo del Océano Atlántico y se extiende a lo largo de las noventa millas entre La Habana y Miami. Ya[...]
Academic Journal · Academic Journal: November 2013 (Issue: Vol. 1, Number 1) · Global Perspectives
Introdução A última década, situada em um contexto internacional favorável, de protagonismo do capital financeiro, de alta demanda por recursos naturais e commodities agrícolas (das quais o país é grande[...]
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Em ensaio sobre os encontros e desencontros da vida cotidiana, Margaret Chillemi observa que os encontros afetuosos são como devires carregados de potências que nos tornam mais fortes e resistentes[...]
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Krudas Cubensi (Las Krudas) son un grupo de rap formado en Cuba durante la década de los 90 con tres integrantes: Odaymara Cuesta, Olivia Prendes, y Odalys Cuesta (conocida como[...]
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Temos uma sociedade desigual, que se adaptou a esse padrão de desigualdade e dele se serve e a partir dele se reproduz (THEODORO, 2008, p.81). O Brasil é um país[...]
Academic Journal · Academic Journal: November 2013 (Issue: Vol. 1, Number 1) · Arts
¡Oh innoble servidumbre de amar seres humanos, y la más innoble que es amarse a sí mismo! “Contra Jaime Gil de Biedma” Jaime Gil de Biedma El mito de Narciso[...]
Florcy Morisset is the founder and curator of Vivant Art Collection, a Philadelphia-based art gallery dedicated to displaying and promoting Haitian and other Caribbean art in the United States. Haiti,[...]
Academic Journal · Academic Journal: November 2013 (Issue: Vol. 1, Number 1) · Arts
In cultural, literary and postcolonial studies, hybridity, syncretism, creolization, métissage have become common tropes. (…) if everything is hybrid, what does hybridity mean? Hence the next question to come up[...]
Academic Journal · Academic Journal: November 2013 (Issue: Vol. 1, Number 1) · Civil Discourse · Global Perspectives
Las mujeres no solamente habrán de aportar relevante apoyo (para la construcción social), sino que han de tener un papel protagonista. (Asunción Miura, 2008.) Qual a influência de gravidez(es) que[...]
