Gender coloniality and its influence on the perception of black masculinity: a conflict in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda’s antislavery message in Sab

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59885/epdlj.2023.v5n7.11

Keywords:

Sab, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, gender coloniality, black masculinity, antislavery

Abstract

This article examines gender coloniality and its influence on the perception of black masculinity in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda’s Sab. In the novel, the Afro-descendant man is perceived as a threat to the colonial order and white femininity, which betrays the «black fear». Important themes are presented in a superficial tone, as the protagonist’s goal is not to abolish slavery, but to free himself in order to love Carlota. From this it is identified that the novel’s anti-slavery message is ineffective, as Sab is a spokesperson for the white feminist struggle and is denied her own liberation by presenting the antislavery struggle as an inferior concern to women’s liberation.

References

Camacho, J. (2015). Miedo negro, poder blanco en la Cuba colonial. Iberoamericana.

Gómez de Avellaneda, G. (1997). Sab. Cátedra.

Lugones, M. (2008). The Coloniality of Gender. Worlds & Knowledges Otherwise, 2(2), 1-17. https://globalstudies.trinity.duke.edu/sites/globalstudies.trinity.duke.edu/files/file-attachments/v2d2_Lugones.pdf

Torres-Pou, J. (1993). La ambigüedad del mensaje feminista de Sab de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. Letras Femeninas, 19(1-2), 55-64. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23022243

Zevallos, J. (2018). Etnicidad y género en Sab (1841) de Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua, 64(64), 87-109, https://doi.org/10.46744/bapl.201802.005

Published

2023-11-30

How to Cite

Santoni Morro, I. A. (2023). Gender coloniality and its influence on the perception of black masculinity: a conflict in Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda’s antislavery message in Sab. El Palma De La Juventud, 5(7), 193–202. https://doi.org/10.59885/epdlj.2023.v5n7.11