Cristina Rodríguez Cabral (born 26 May 1959) is an Uruguayan poet, researcher, and Afro-Uruguayan activist.[1]
Cristina Rodríguez Cabral | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 May 1959 |
| Nationality | Uruguayan |
| Alma mater | University of Missouri |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, poet, and researcher |
Biography edit
Rodríguez has a degree in sociology and nursing, a profession that she practiced for some time in Uruguay. She continued her academic training at the University of Missouri, where she obtained her PhD. She currently resides in the United States of America, where she works as a researcher and university professor.[2]
Rodríguez took an interest in literature at 11 years of age. Her first publications were published by the organization Mundo Afro, which campaigned for the equal rights of African diaspora in Uruguayan. In 1986, her work Bahía, mágica Bahía won the Casa de las Américas Prize.[3] Currently, Rodríguez Cabral is an international reference in Afro-Uruguayan literature, and one of the few living afro-descendant writers to whom academic studies have been dedicated.[4]
In general, Rodríguez's work deals with marginalization and oppression on the grounds of race and gender.[1] There is, in her works, "a need to remember and reaffirm the inherited values of both our family and Africa."[3] Her initial works are focused on her feelings and intimate experiences from the perspective of a black Hispanic-American woman. In her post-1995 works, she introduces themes related to social militancy, racism and cultural identity.[5]
Citations edit
- ^ a b Burgueño, María Cristina (August 2004). "Cristina Rodríguez Cabral: memoria y resistencia". Grafemas: Boletín electronico de la Asociación Internacional de Literatura y Cultura Femenina Hispánica (in Spanish). ISSN 1938-7253. OCLC 891741495.
- ^ "Cristina Rodríguez Cabral". mujeresquehacenlahistoria.blogspot.com.uy (in Spanish). MUJERES QUE HACEN LA HISTORIA – BREVES BIOGRAFIAS. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ a b Gortázar, Alejandro. "Entrevista a Cristina Rodríguez Cabral". sujetossujetados.wordpress.com (in Spanish). Sujetos sujados. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Gortázar, Alejandro (7 January 2016). "Excéntrica y alternativa". La Diaria (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ Valero, Silvia (2016). "Cristina Rodríguez Cabral: el proceso continuo de la identidad y su proyección poética". Visitas al Patio: Revista del Programa de Lingüistica y Literatura – Universidad de Cartagena (in Spanish). 10. ISSN 2027-0585. OCLC 802503732.