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Women in Puerto Rican Nationalist Discourse During the First Half of the 20th Century: María Cadilla de Martínez’s Hitos de la raza (Milestones of the Race)

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  • Thomas Rothe Universidad de Chile
No. 7 (2016): Octubre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4862.2016.43546

Abstract

This article analyzes Hitos de la raza (Milestones of the Race) (1945) by Puerto Rican writer María Cadilla de Martínez (1886-1951), focusing on the discursive strategies used to legitimize the role of women intellectuals within the context of building a national identity. The author’s work was published during a time of controversial national debates surrounding the affirmation of Puerto Rican identity during the first half of the 20th century, largely responding to the impact generated by the U. S. taking possession of the island in 1898. The analysis draws on theoretical concepts such as public sphere and feminist subaltern counter-public, as well as comparative methods that discuss affinities and differences with Insularismo (1934), by Puerto Rican author Antonio S. Pedreira, and Ariel (1900) by Uruguayan author José Enrique Rodó. The book is analyzed along three main arguments: Arielist influence (both on structural and ideological levels), representations of women, and the treatment of racial issues.

Keywords:

María Cadilla de Martínez, women’s writing, Arielism, Insularism, 20th century Puerto Rico

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Rothe, T. (2016). Women in Puerto Rican Nationalist Discourse During the First Half of the 20th Century: María Cadilla de Martínez’s Hitos de la raza (Milestones of the Race). Meridional. Revista Chilena De Estudios Latinoamericanos, (7), pp. 227–250. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4862.2016.43546
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