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Vejigantes: The Masked Mulatta
by Francisco Arriví
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Vejigantes: The Masked Mulatta is a translation of a very popular Puerto Rican play published by the island’s Father of Puerto Rican Theater, Francisco Arriví, in 1958. This work reveals the complexities of internalised self-hatred based on the natural hair texture of individuals of African ancestry...
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This work reveals the complexities of internalized self-hatred based on natural hair texture of individuals of African ancestry on the island and cultural tensions that arise when the United States arrives to the island in the middle of the twentieth century as result of Operation Bootstrap (1947).
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Description
Vejigantes: The Masked Mulatta is a translation of a very popular Puerto Rican play published by the island’s Father of Puerto Rican Theater, Francisco Arriví, in 1958. This work reveals the complexities of internalised self-hatred based on the natural hair texture of individuals of African ancestry on the island and cultural tensions that arise when the United States arrives to the island in the middle of the twentieth century as a result of Operation Bootstrap (1947).
The play reflects the cultural difference between the mainland and the island at a time when many companies established on the island. This translation will allow this wonderful drama to be accessible to an English-speaking audience.
The work translates the central theme of the imposition of colonial and imperialist values, while keeping the rich culture of la isla de encanto (Island of Enchantment).
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781805967187
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 03 February 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Liverpool University Press
Contributors:
- Edited and translated by Thomas Wayne Edison, PhD
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 163.0mm
Height: 239.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Dr Thomas Wayne Edison is an Associate Professor of Spanish in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages at the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. His area of scholarship includes Afro-Caribbean Culture and Identity. This two-time Fulbright Scholar published his first book titled Ashe-Caribbean Literary Aesthetic in the Cuban, Colombian, Costa Rican, and Panamanian Novel of Resistance in 2020 with Lexington Books. The book focuses on the intersection between African spirituality and selected Hispanophone Caribbean novel. His most recent book that he edited is titled Candombe: arte universal and was published in Baker Books (2024). Dr. Edison is very committed to looking at Black identity from a global perspective, especially the erasure of Afro-Latinx populations.
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