Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the 20th Century
Autobiographies are often publicized with the claim that this person is 'extraordinary'; that they showed great courage in a crisis or extreme fortitude in suffering. The assumption is that the 'ordinary' life, the everyday existence is inferior and unworthy of our perusal. What,...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | New Internationalist 2001 (337), p.31-31 |
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| Format: | Review |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Autobiographies are often publicized with the claim that this person is 'extraordinary'; that they showed great courage in a crisis or extreme fortitude in suffering. The assumption is that the 'ordinary' life, the everyday existence is inferior and unworthy of our perusal. What, then, are we to make of the diffident opening of the story of Maria de los Reyes Castillo Bueno, as she quietly begins to tell us of her life? 'I am [Reyita], a regular, ordinary person. |
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| ISSN: | 0305-9529 |