Abstract
This essay explores constructions of racial identity in Lourdes Casal's work leading up to, and with, Grupo Areíto and the Brigada Antonio Maceo. Casal's conceptualizations of race were deeply informed by national and historical notions of identity and belonging. Evidenced in the texts examined here, Casal draws from her African and Chinese ancestry while also identifying with Cuba's indigenous heritage. By considering the composition of her own racial identity at a moment in which Lourdes Casal labored for a reconciliation between herself, her diasporic community, and her island homeland, this essay also proposes a historical comparison to the current moment of possible rapprochement between two countries still struggling with racism.
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