Hispanic Literatures and Cultures

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    Discovering Resemblances: Language and Identity in Caribbean Poetry
    (Delaware Review of Latin American Studies, 2004-08-15) Roberts, Nicole
    “Hispanic” is an identification generally accepted in the Caribbean by both black and white residents of the islands. Examination of poems by several black Caribbean poets (the Puerto Ricans Mayra Santos Febres and Magaly Quiñones, the Dominicans Sherezada [Chiqui] Vicioso and Blas Jiménez, and the Cuban Escilia Saldaña) reveals how they use Spanish to communicate the life experience unique to black bearers of the cultural term “Hispanic.”