Continuing with this SLACextras takeover of Mediático we present Guy Wood’s post exploring the figure of the wild women in José…
Deborah Shaw, University of Portsmouth, UK As part of the SLACextras takeover of Mediatico, we are delighted to continue with…
Maria B. Clark, Carson Newman University Continuing with this SLACextras takeover of Mediatico we present Maria B. Clark’s examination of…
Welcome to this SLACextras takeover of Mediático which, in the spirit of SLACextras, features additional material to accompany the print…
We continue this SLACextras takeover of Mediático with a piece by Deborah Martin, which takes as its starting point B…
We begin this SLAC extras take-over of Mediático with an excellent essay by Barbara Zecchi, which focuses on recent films…
Header image: Ventura Pons (Courtesy of Els Films de La Rambla) This week at Mediático we mark the passing of…
Today at Mediático we are delighted to present a first post by Isabel Seguí. Dr Seguí is a lecturer in…
Today at Mediático, for once, we are not, delighted. We are deeply sad at the loss of the great Ana…
The genre’s foregrounding of rhythm sets it up to inherit prejudices that can be traced back to colonial Cuba. The spiritual and cultural practices brought to the island by enslaved Africans, as well as those that were formed in the new context, harnessed the communicative and cathartic power of rhythm, and became associated with rebellion – provoking fears of a second Haiti among the landowning white criollos
