Testimonios de mujeres cubanas: Feminismo y afro-cubanidad en tres textos de Daisy Rubiera Castillo

Abstract

AbstractThis article focuses on the testimonial narrative work of Daisy Rubiera Castillo. It shows how these distinctly feminist texts have contributed to the creation of the Afro-Cuban woman as a narrative subject, and its inclusion into the Cuban literary canon since the 1990s. After presenting the complex relationship between feminism and testimonio literature in Cuba, a closer look at three testimonio novels edited by Daisy Rubiera —Reyita, sencillamente (1997), Golpeando la memoria (2005) and Desafío al silencio (2010)— will show how these texts created and established a well-rooted and supportive narrative voice for Afro-Cuban women. When studied as a unit, Daisy Rubiera’s writings act as part of a larger feminist struggle for the visibility, self-representation and collective consciousness of women of African descent throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.

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