Situational Whiteness of the Francoist imperialism, Sacrificial Hero, and Racial Manicheism in Héroes del 95

Authors

  • JM. Persánch Lakeland University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15648/cl..33.2021.3273

Keywords:

Whiteness, Hispanic Whiteness, Afro-Hispanism, Afro-Cubans, Imperialism, Primer Franquismo, Héroes del 95

Abstract

This essay explores how Héroes del 95 locates Spaniards simultaneously on and off the margins of whiteness, exerting a situational whiteness that allows them to occupy the perspectives of both the colonizer and the colonized. Specifically, it is explored how the white imperial hero contributes to racializing Afro-Cubans (as well as white Cuban creoles, and mestizo Mexicans) through sacrificial and redemptive violence; at the same time, we will conclude how racial messages of hierarchization of the black body are encoded together with a totalizing restitution of the imperial identity that conceals all dissent.

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How to Cite

Persánch, J. . (2022). Situational Whiteness of the Francoist imperialism, Sacrificial Hero, and Racial Manicheism in Héroes del 95. Cuadernos De Literatura Del Caribe E Hispanoamérica, (33). https://doi.org/10.15648/cl.33.2021.3273

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Published

2022-05-06