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Y llevarte dormida a un jardín de coral: Representación de lo femenino, violencia y compromiso social en Valente (con redoble de tambor afrocubano)

2019; University of Guadalajara; Volume: 6; Issue: 49 Linguagem: Inglês

10.32870/lv.v6i49.7009

2448-7724

Francisco Javier Escobar Borrego,

Cuban History and Society

The present work offers a study dedicated to the representation of feminineimaginary, violence and social commitment in four outstanding poems by José Ángel Valente (1929-2000): “Dos romances de mar. Canción del enamorado y la amada del mar”, “Cinco sones para tambor solo”, “Cuba: una isla navega” y “Visita a Guanabacoa”. To carry out these objectives, an interdisciplinary methodology is implemented. In fact, the conceptual relations between literature and music linked to the imaginary, cultural and gender studies, as well as the history of mentalities as theoretical lines andfundamental epistemological approaches are addressed. As for the results and conclusions, a line of research not dealt with so far in the state of the question about the critical studies dedicated to Valente that highlights the importance of female symbolic representation in his aesthetic work isproposed. At the same time, his determined social commitment through art against violence and the prevailing machismo that he could see especially in a stay in Cuba with ritual drum roll as background music is demonstrated.