Race, Memory, and Spectral Performance

Key Points

• To analyze the plays of Silvia Albert Sopale through the lens of disidentification and racial narratives.
• Analysis of two plays by Silvia Albert Sopale: Blackface y otras vergüenzas and La Moreneta.
• Application of José Esteban Muñoz's concept of disidentification to deconstruct dominant cultural texts.
• Examination of the reframing of historical racial violence and its implications in contemporary contexts.
• Sopale's use of blackface reframes the narrative around Black identity.
• Marginalized voices challenge and reshape dominant cultural representations.
• The analysis reveals connections between historical and contemporary racial issues.

Abstract