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"Statues Made of Sugar": Martí, Monuments, and Hemispheric Ventriloquism.

  • Published In: Theory & Event, 2024, v. 27, n. 2. P. 199 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Hooker, Juliet 3 of 3

Abstract

Monuments speak; they shape citizens' political imaginations. Drawing on an essay by the Cuban intellectual José Martí about Confederate commemoration, I argue that his Confederate solidarities were the result of hemispheric ventriloquism. Widely lauded as an anti-imperial and anti-racist thinker, Martí's hemispheric ventriloquism was driven by: 1) fears of US imperial expansion; 2) a need to rebut critiques of republics as inherently unstable forms of government in light of post-independence civil strife in Latin America; and 3) his hopes for Cuban national unity post-independence. Martí's hemispheric ventriloquism illustrates the dangers of downplaying racist commemoration in the name of liberal pluralism or national unity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Theory & Event. 2024/04, Vol. 27, Issue 2, p199
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:2572-6633
  • DOI:10.1353/tae.2024.a925043
  • Accession Number:176908537
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