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La poesía como documento en Denisse Español, Mayra Santos-Febres y Nancy Morejón

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Abstract

This essay questions the explicitness in poetry and emphasizes its ability to be read as a document and as visual art. While analyzing Las mujeres que soy by Denisse Español (Dominican Republic), Abro mi sangre by Mayra Santos-Febres (Puerto Rico) and Madrigal para un príncipe negro by Nancy Morejón (Cuba), we unveil how these authors articulate –drawing from the self, family, and various social perspectives– ‘femininity’, race matters, class, and violence, including the murder of George Floyd. The critic affirms that the elusive dimension that safeguards the poetic language from literal connotations enhances the denunciations articulated beyond the reach of words.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 13 Novembre 2024 | Accettato: 18 Marzo 2025 | Pubblicato 01 Agosto 2025 | Lingua: es

Keywords Nancy Morejón • Poetry as a visual art • Denisse Español • Caribbean poetry • George Floyd • Documentary poetry • Mayra Santos-Febres

Copyright © 2025 Carlos Vázquez Cruz. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-925-2/008


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