DISCUSSING INTERSECTIONALITY OF AFROLATINIDAD IN ENTERTAINMENT AND PERFORMANCE

Abstract

This chapter focuses on visual and narrative Afro-Latine representations in theatre, television, and film, exploring the ways that media in the United States has become more aware of its deficiencies in including Afro-Latine people and stories while still failing to acknowledge the range of aesthetic influences, cultural and racial identities, and diverse bodies that constitute this population. Director, dramaturg, and cultural consultant Daphnie Sicre draws on interviews, close readings and analysis of popular culture, and a rich historical archive in order to note how the entertainment industry has engaged with Afro-Latine people and cultures from the 20th century and into the present day. The chapter also offers readers critical terminology that will enable a more nuanced understanding of the variegated ways that Afro-Latine people identify themselves within the diaspora.