Without Hatreds or Fears : Jorge Artel and the Struggle for Black Literacy Expression in Colombia Book

	Acknowledgments	9
	Introduction	13
1	Foundational Realities: Geography and Regionalism, Slavery, Mestizaje, and Black Identity in Colombia	19
2	Comparative Perspectives: Slavery, Race Relations, and Black Literary Expression in Early Cuba and Colombia	34
3	Jorge Artel (1909-94): A Literary Life	64
4	From Postmodernismo to Vanguardismo: Literary and Aesthetic Foundations of the Poetry of Jorge Artel	91
5	Spirit-Voices: (Re)Claiming Black Identity and Ancestral Heritages in Tambores en la noche (1940)	112
6	Affirmation and Denial: Critical Responses to Tambores en la noche and the Implications for Black Poetry in Colombia	155
7	Breaking the Son Barrier: Jorge Artel's Poetic Odyssey of the Afro-American Soul (Tambores en la noche [1995])	172
	Conclusion	218
App. A	Poems of Tambores en la noche, 1940 and 1955	223
App. B	Latin American Newspapers and Periodicals Consulted	225
	Notes	227
	Bibliography	257
	Index	287